English: Baraduari Mosque or Barasona Masjid, Maldah, WB,

(ad 1526)

with the arcaded aisle of its corridor, this mosque is indeed the most impressive building of gour, built by sultan nasrat shah. it is called baradwari, a building with twelve doors but has only 11 openings. its corridor is domed but the threeaisled hall is now domeless, although its domes, originally gilded gave it the name or barasona masjid or the great golden mosque. on the north are the remains of a ladies’ gallery and on the southeast a platform which was probably used by the muazzin for calling the faithful to prayer. of its three arched gateway the eastern - one alone now survives in its original glory