BARO SHONA MASJID

Baro (Boro) Shona Masjid or (The Great Golden Mosque) also known as Baroduari Mosque (12-gate mosque), is siutated in Gaur, in the district of Malda, West Bengal.

The mosque is the largest building still standing in Gaur. It was built in the honour of saint Nur Qutub-e-Alam, son of Saint Makhdoom Alaul Haque Pandvi, by Makhdum Shaikh, the descendant and fellow of the saint. The mosque was known as Sona Masjid due to its earlier gilded wall surface and crowns of the turrets.

The eleven arched entrances of the east façade open into a long domed verandah formed by wide piers on the east and west sides. The verandah in turn, opens onto a prayer chamber composed of three aisles with eleven bays each.

The construction of the mosque which reflects the Indo-Arabic style of architecture was started by the Sultan of Bengal, Alauddin Husain Shah, and was completed in 1526 AD by his son, Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah.

Acknowledgement and further reading:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baro_Shona_Masjid

https://www.getbengal.com/details/golden-era-of-gour-inscribed-on-boro-sona-masjid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alauddin_Husain_Shah

http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Husain_Shah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasiruddin_Nasrat_Shah

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Architecture_of_Bengal#/media/File:Baraduari_Mosque_alias_Barasona_Mosque_at_Gaur_03.jpg