Goaldi Mosque

This mosque is one of the few remnants from the Sultanate period in Sonargaon, about six km northwest of the little township of Panam. According to an inscription, it was built by Mulla Hizabar Akbar Khan on 15 Shaban in 925 AH/ August 1519 AD, during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah. This mosque is more elegant and ornate in comparison to the earlier Sultanate mosques at Bagerhat. Each wall has three arched entrances, the central arch slightly higher than the others. A single graceful hemispherical dome rises above the slightly curved cornice. Miniature arches with terracotta designs are placed below the cornice and above the entrance arches. Round corner turrets that rise up to the cornice and have two moldings at the centre and triple moldings at the base, just above which are more terracotta arches.