Mosque and shrine, Lakshmipur
Tita Khan Jame Mosqueতিতা খাঁ জামে মসজিদ
- Time needed
- Fifteen minutes.
- best months
- Nov–Feb
- Cost
- Free.
A small old mosque in the middle of Lakshmipur bazar, said to be about 300 years old and found hidden in a garden by a saint named Azim Shah; prized for its carved plaster front.
At a glance
- Age
- About 300 years, by tradition
About
Nobody knows who Tita Khan was; the story is that the mosque was overgrown when Azim Shah cleared the ground around it. It is a single-domed Mughal-style chamber with a decorated facade of niches, floral plaster and small turrets, now enclosed by a modern extension in the busy bazar. The old part is kept as it was, and it is worth the ten minutes if you are in the town.
Getting there: Lakshmipur municipal bazar, on foot.
Things to do
- Look at the plaster niches on the old front.
Good to know
- Between prayers.
