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Title
Keramatia Mosque and Shrine
Location

Munsipara is just 100 yards south of Kachari Bazar area of Zeropoint in Rangpur.

Transportation

There are several luxury AC and non-AC buses from Mohakhali, Kalyanpur, Mohammadpur and Gabtali in Dhaka to Rangpur. The fare of these buses is between Tk. 500 to Tk. 1000. Besides, the Rangpur Express from Kamalapur railway station leaves for Rangpur at 9 am every day except Monday. Train fare in Rangpur is 200 to 700 rupees. It will take 6 to 8 hours to reach Rangpur from Dhaka. The train will take 6 to 9 hours. There is a car service to go directly to different world from Rangpur. In this case, the fare of private car is 400 to 500 rupees and the fare of microbus is 800 to 1000 rupees.

Details

Overview: Maulana Keramat Ali Mosque

Before discussing the Keramatiya Mosque, it is necessary to shed some light on the person with whose name this mosque is closely associated. Maulana Keramat Ali (R), the most successful and glorious person of the Islamic reform movement in Bangladesh, was born in Jainpur in 1800-183 AD on 17 Muharram 1215 AH. Throughout his life he was devoted to the propagation of Islam. He came to Rangpur to preach Islam and is fast asleep in Keramatia Mosque. The mentioned mosque is rectangular. Its inner dimensions are 42 feet x 13 feet. The width of the east and west walls is 3 feet 3 inches, and the width of the north and south walls is 2 feet 10 inches. Probably due to modernization and reform there is some discrepancy in measurement. The height of the mosque is 18 feet from the ground level. The mosque has three (high) round domes. The domes are built on octagonal drums. At the bottom of each dome are marlon ornaments, and in the dome is placed a callusmotif phenol or pinnacle above the blossoming lotus. In each corner of the mosque there are octagonal pillars adorned with cupola. The presence of bands can also be noticed along with the decoration of various arch shapes and panels at certain distances. There are also octagonal pillars on either side of the mihrab, the arch and the main entrance, with a cupola at the top. On the other hand, both the arches and the other two entrances on the east and the mentioned doors (located in the north and south corners) are attached to the main wall (bilaster). The upper part of these pillars is adorned with leaf petals and the lower part is pitched. Marlon ornaments can be seen on the parapet or roof edge of this mosque. The main entrances are rectangular in shape and have pilaster inserts on either side of each entrance. Each entrance is adorned with marlon ornaments on the interior of the mihrab and arch (Frenton) with floral inlaid floral designs. The structure of the so-called door on the north and south walls of this mosque is observed. Probably these were built as a way for light air to enter and exit. Some of the door structures can be seen in both the extended interior of the main wall of the mosque and the marlon decoration on the top. Underneath each round dome (interior) of the mosque are lined with marlon ornaments, and the domes are elaborately built on the arches of squins and pendantive (hanging) arches.

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