Baitul Mukarram – The National Mosque of Bangladesh

The National Mosque of Bangladesh, the Baitul Mukarram Mosque, is located in middle of Dhaka city and completed the mosque in 1968. The mosque is able to host about 30,000 people’s prayers at a time and got listed among top 10 largest mosques all over the world. The mosque is always over crowed constantly, especially during the time of prayers and in the month of Ramadan. For this reason, the mosque is extended and it has hosted capacity about 40,000 at the present time.

The complex of the mosque was planned in 1959 by the architect Abdul Husein Thariani, the owner of Bawani Jute Mills. The same year of planning, there were formed a committee named “Baitul Mukarram Mosque Committee” and started the construction works and the first prayer was held on January 25, 1963 on Friday.

What is the Accurate Place to Reside in Dhaka?

Fine, before of starting to plan for travel Bangladesh, you must have to plan for a residence. There are many types of hotels in Dhaka, Bangladesh, such as budget hotels that cost USD15 – USD35 (1&2-star category), mid-range 3-star hotels cost USD35 to USD60 for each night, and top ranked hotels USD150 to USD500 for 5-star luxury hotels in Dhaka. You can select your hotel from a wide range of Dhaka hotels that are listed under a single platform at booking.com. It allows to cross-compare the hotels in Dhaka and you can choose your one according to your budget.

Mid-ranged 3-star and Famous Hotel 71

There are some famous hotels in Dhaka in mid-range and economic category and Hotel 71 is one of them. The hotels have many good reviews from its guests and it has collected many awards within a few years. Hotel 71 provides the very easy access to every attractive happening spot in Dhaka, the luring charms of the city. It’s situated almost in the center of the city, only 300 meters away from the city center.

The hotel will help you to find those English speaking Dhaka guides and Rickshaw holders, and they will get you for a stunning ride among all the sights of Dhaka to put together it a lot of enjoyment. They will cost up to USD12 – USD20 for five hours to take you traveling most famous and charming places in Dhaka, such as Shadharghat, Ahsan Manjil, Star Mosque, Labagh Fort, Dhakeshwari Temple, National Parliament Bhaban, Ramna Park, Curzon Hall, and other attractions and beautiful spots in Dhaka.

Best time of the year to travel Dhaka

You should consider the time to travel Dhaka, because all time is not suitable for Dhaka tour due to several natural issues like heavy rain, flood and cyclone. The best time of the year to travel Dhaka is the winter season. This time the weather is almost calm and there happen so many winter festivals – between Novembers to February. These months are dry and no more rain at this time. You can tour all the attractive places without any problem of natural calamity.

Attractions of the Architectural Design of Baitul Mokarram Mosque

The mosque has some modern features of interior and exterior design along with traditional ideology of the Mughal structural design, which was a biggest and best Islamic architectural design in the Indian sub-continent in the past time. The cubic shape of the mosque is designed according to the Kaabah in Mecca that made it significant structure dissimilar any other mosque in the country.

The mosque is on the high platform and it’s an 8-storeid building with 99 feet of height from the ground. The ablution space is on the east with 29 thousand square feet ‘shaan’. This place is cached in significant part at the starting of the mosque. There are two more superficial domes at the entry point than main one. The prayer hall of the mosque has ensured to enter sufficient light and air in it. The shape of the Mehrab is rectangular as an alternative of semi-circular.

A Mughal Garden outside of the Mosque

There is a garden of the Mughal period is laid out the mosque, but it’s not as same as traditional Mughal gardens and it’s characterized as an Islamic Heaven. The garden has not the system of the “Char-Bagh” due  to lack of sufficient room. The garden’s future is unknown, because if the government of Bangladesh starts to extend the mosque, probably they will remove from its design.

Location & Transportation

As it’s already said that the garden is located in the middle of Dhaka city and the address of the National Mosque is Topkhana Road, Dhaka. You can go there from any part of the Dhaka through buses, CNG autos and Rickshaws.

Nearest Attractive Places to See

When you’re visiting the National Mosque, Baitul Mokarram, you can visit some more attractive places in Dhaka, such as the Curzon Hall, National Eidgah, Usmani Uddan, the national museum of Bangladesh, Bangababdhu National Stadium, etc.

So, this is in short about The National Mosque of Bangladesh, Baitul Mukarram Mosque. If you like to see the beautiful Mughal construction with modern architectural structure, there’re no alternative to travel physically. As a result, you must come to Dhaka. And while you’re traveling to Dhaka, you can see many interesting and beautiful places, things and events in Dhaka city, such as old Dhaka, Shadharghat, Panam City, Ahsan Manjil, Sonagao, Star Mosque, Sixty-Dome Mosque. Labagh Fort, Curzon Hall, Dhakeshwari Temple, National Museum, Armenian Church, National Parliament Bhaban, Ramna Park, and many more.