Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah built the mosque in 1479, and an inscription found in the debris records its foundation. The brick walls still show intricate terracotta flowers, geometric bands and hanging-lamp motifs, though the roof collapsed long ago. A short walk to the east across a pond brings you to the excavated outline of the Darasbari madrasa, one of the oldest collegiate complexes excavated in Bengal. A dirt track winds between mango orchards to reach the compound.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; battery van from Chhoto Sona Mosque about ৳30–50
How to get to Darasbari Mosque and Madrasa
About 3 km south of Shibganj and 1 km north-west of Chhoto Sona Mosque. Hire a battery van or walk 15 minutes west from the main road.
Chapainawabganj town is about 310 km from Dhaka, around 7.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Chapainawabganj guide.
More to see in Chapainawabganj
Photo: This work was made by Nahid Hossain and released under the license(s) stated, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Chhoto Sona Mosque ছোট সোনা মসজিদ
A 15-domed Sultanate mosque of brick and carved black stone, built under Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah between 1493 and 1519.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; CNG auto-rickshaw from Chapainawabganj town roughly ৳500–700 return
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