Local people call this monument Rajbibi Mosque or Chamchika Mosque, and archaeologists date its brickwork to the later Ilyas Shahi era in the 1480s. A large square prayer hall covered by a single high dome opens onto a corridor with three smaller domes on the eastern front. Intricate floral terracotta medallions and carved corner towers remain well preserved on its terracotta-red walls. Because few tourists make the detour along the dirt path past the dighi, you will usually have the site entirely to yourself.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free entry; battery van from Chhoto Sona Mosque about ৳40–60 return
How to get to Khania Dighi Mosque (Rajbibi Mosque)
In Shibganj upazila, about 2 km north-west of Chhoto Sona Mosque. Take a battery van or walk along the rural dirt road from the highway for about 10 minutes.
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: 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
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