Atiya Jame Moshjid, Tangail, BD

Atia a historical four century years of old mosque is located at the Delduar Thana of Tangail district of Bangladesh. The village name is Atia and the mosque is known as Atia Jame Moshjid, Atia Mosque, etc. This mosque is around 6 kilometers from the Tangail town. There is a small river flowing near the mosque, name is Louhojong Nodi. The mosque is a small one and measure around 18m by 12m.The mosque has four spherical domes at the top. One is the larger, which is located at the west part of the mosque. Other three are smaller sized and located at the east side of the mosque. All three domes are in a single row.

It's like the bigger one is the Imam, and other three are Musalli. All the domes are ornate at the bottom part and having a small minaret like object at top. The mosque has four pillars at the four corners. Each of the pillars are stylish and decorated nicely. The mosque has lovely terracotta at the outer side of east and the north side wall. Those are very simple, just few small flowers inside the circles. The mosque has three entrance at the east side, and two entrance at the north and south side each.

 This mosque is built during 1610 by Muslim Jomidar Sayeed Khan Panni, son of Baizid Khan Panni. He also dug a large water tank at the western side of the mosque. People says that the mosque was built for the honor of a saint Shah Baba Kashmiri. The mosque was damaged during the massive earthquake of 1800. A reconstruction of the mosque was made 1837.

Also, during 1909 another reconstruction made by two Jomidar from Korotia and Delduar of Tangail jointly. Wazed Ali Khan Panni was from Korotia, and Abu Ahmed Guznavi Khanfrom Delduar. We have placed this mosque at the currency of ten Taka note. That old note has the image of this mosque at the right side. Rarely those notes are available at banks or on the hand of people now a days.

How to go:

1) First come to Tangail town. A bus from Mohakhali terminal of Dhaka will take you here. Best available bus services are Dhaleswari Service, Jhotika Service, etc. These are direct bus for Tangail. Ask the bus to drop you at Old bus stand. Bus fare is 120 taka per person. GPS coordinate of Old bus stand is (24°15'4.88"N, 89°55'11.44"E). Time require 2.5 hours to 3.5 hours based on traffic jam.

2) Now you have to take CNG auto. It is at Tangail Baby Stand, 1 minute walking from the old bus stand.

3) Take the public CNG auto and ask you to drop you at Pathrail Bot Tola. Fare is 15 taka. GPS of the Pathrail bot tolais (24°11'55.09"N, 89°56'19.15"E). It will require 15-20 minutes to reach the place.

4) From the bot tola, take another CNG auto and ask it to drop you at Atia Mosque. Fare is 10 taka. GPS of the mosque is (24°11'2.64"N, 89°54'40.80"E). Time requires 10 minute.

Alternately, you can use your own vehicle. Or reserve an CNG auto instead of sharing with public.

Where to Stay:

Tangail has lot of normal quality hotels around the town. You can take any of those. Also the Alenga resort is around 30 minutes away from the town. And Jamuna resort is one hour away from the town. Since it is possible to travel Atia Mosque within a single day, I'll suggest you to come back your home on the same day without staying. But choice is yours.

Where to Eat:

Town has plenty of good quality hotels and restaurants around, so you don't need to worry about that. Also you can taste the best Chomchom (aka Pora Barir Chomchom) of Bangladesh from Tangail. During returning home, don't forget to buy few for your family. All the best sweet shops are at Pachani Bazar of the town. GPS coordinate of that area is (24°14'56.17"N, 89°54'51.94"E).