Lattan Mosque
The Lattan Mosque or Painted Mosque, officially known as Lottan Masjid is a historical mosque located between the Tantipara Mosque and the Bridge of Five Arches in Gaur, Malda District, West Bengal. Built during the period of Hussain Shahi sultans between, the mosque stands out as one of the best preserved monuments in ancient city of Gaur.
History
The mosque is stylistically dated to the late 15th or early 16th century and is thought to have been constructed during the Husain Shahi period. An inscription found in the vicinity indicates it may have been built by Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah in 1475. Alexander Cunningham describes the inscription of the Chamkatti Mosque instead. Although the exact exact date of the mosque's construction is not known, historians assume the mosque was built somewhere between 1493 and 1519.According to local tradition, Yusuf Shah married a Hindu dancer called Mira who had embraced Islam and taken the name Lotan Bibi. In her name, Yusuf Shah established the Lotan Taluq which contains the Lattan Mosque and Lotan Dighi, and that taluq existed even until the British period.