“Star Mosque” [1] (known as Tara Mosque ( Beng. তারা মসজিদ ) is a mosque located in Dhaka , Bangladesh . It is located in the province of Armanitola , in the old part of the city. The mosque has a decorative design and is decorated with blue motifs in the interior. Was It was built in the first half of the 19th century by a certain Mirza Golam Pir. [2] It has 5 domes and 4 minarets .
| Mosque | |
| Star mosque | |
|---|---|
| তারা মসজিদ | |
 | |
| A country |  Bangladesh |
| Dhaka | |
| Denomination | Islam |
| Architectural style | Islamic architecture |
| Builder | Mirza Golam Pir |
| Building | beginning - mid 19th century |
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Appearance
At the beginning of the 20th century, Ali Jan Bepari, a local businessman, financed the restoration of the mosque and added a new oriental veranda. The surfaces were decorated in the style of Chaynitikri (a mosaic of fragments of Chinese ceramics), popular in the 1930s. The mosque, which did not represent historical significance before, became one of the few remaining architectural structures with a similar design. The mosaic is laid out in the form of stars, which gave the name of the mosque. In 1987, an extension of the prayer hall was made, which added two more domes.
Crescents are also shown in the upper part of the eastern facade.
Interior decoration
Inside, the Chaynitikri technique is also used, but in a slightly different way, tiles of different textures are used, of which both stars and floral ornaments are laid out, including vases with flowers. The space between the doors is decorated with the image of the Japanese Mount Fuji .
Notes
- ↑ Dhaka / A.V. Ustenko // Grigoriev - Dynamics. - M .: Big Russian Encyclopedia, 2007. - P. 246. - ( Big Russian Encyclopedia : [in 35 vols.] / Ch. Ed. Yu. S. Osipov ; 2004—2017, vol. 8). - ISBN 978-5-85270-338-5 .
- ↑ Ayesha Begum, Tara Masjid Archived April 16, 2012 at Wayback Machine , Banglapedia : The National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Dhaka , Retrieved: 2012-02-15
Literature
- Haque, Enamul. 1983. Islamic Art Heritage of Bangladesh. Dhaka: Bangladesh National Museum, 98.
- Ahmed, Nazimuddin. 1984. Discover the Monuments of Bangladesh. Dhaka: University Press Limited, 181.
- Hasan, Syed Mahmudul. 1981. Dacca: The City of Mosques. Dhaka: Islamic Foundation, 46.