Taltoli Jama Mosque

The Taltoli Jama Mosque, formerly known as the Munshibari Jama Mosque, is a 19th-century Sunni Friday mosque in the village of Taltoli in Chandpur District, Bangladesh.

History

It was completed in 1891 in British India by Ab'dul Hamid Munshi of the Munshibari estate by a pond owned by the Munshi family.
Since then, the Imams and Muezzins called the local Muslims to the congregational mosque, where Jumu'ah or weekly Friday noon congregation prayers took place.

Architecture

Built by local masons, the structure is of Indo-Saracenic Revival and Indo-Islamic blend. It has four minarets in four corners of the structure, a hallway, the Mihrab in the main prayer room.
The Mihrab has a Minbar for regional khatibs to deliver sermons The exterior has a corridor by the pond for ritual purification. The stairs lead to the top of the mosque. The structure houses a living quarter for the Islamic scholars and carved in library in the main hall for scriptures used during Madrasah lessons.