Built by Wali Muhammad during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah, this was one of the grandest monuments of Gaur. Its exterior is faced with carved black stone slabs brought from the Rajmahal hills, and the central bay has three curved Bengali chauchala vaults flanked by twelve domes. The domes were once gilded, giving the building its name. Two tombs stand in the compound, including that of Bir Sreshtho Captain Mohiuddin Jahangir, who fell nearby in December 1971.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; CNG auto-rickshaw from Chapainawabganj town roughly ৳500–700 return
How to get to Chhoto Sona Mosque
About 35 km north-west of Chapainawabganj town in Shibganj upazila. Local buses and CNG auto-rickshaws run to Sona Masjid border post in about an hour.
Chapainawabganj town is about 310 km from Dhaka, around 7.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Chapainawabganj guide.
The site sits less than a kilometre from the Indian border; carry a national ID or passport if asked by border guards.
More to see in Chapainawabganj
Photo: Sumon Reja, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Darasbari Mosque and Madrasa দারসবাড়ি মসজিদ
Roofless brick ruins of a 1479 Sultanate mosque with terracotta panels, sitting beside the excavated foundations of a large madrasa.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; battery van from Chhoto Sona Mosque about ৳30–50
Photo: Kazi Rashed Abdallah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tahakhana Complex তাহাখানা কমপ্লেক্স
A two-storey Mughal brick palace built by Prince Shah Shuja around 1655, with a three-domed mosque and the tomb of saint Shah Niamatullah.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; local battery van about ৳20–30
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Khania Dighi Mosque (Rajbibi Mosque) খনিয়াদিঘি মসজিদ
A 15th-century single-domed brick mosque tucked among quiet mango orchards on the bank of a dried lake.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free entry; battery van from Chhoto Sona Mosque about ৳40–60 return
Kansat Mango Market কানসাট আমের বাজার
One of the country's largest mango wholesale markets, packed with crates of Fazli, Langra and Khirsapat every morning from May to July.
- Best time
- May to July for the peak mango harvest
- Give it
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free to wander; bus from Chapainawabganj town about ৳50 each way