No inscription survives, but its style places it in the time of the Husain Shahi sultans, and a dated inscription of 1505 found in a nearby village may belong to it. A single-domed prayer room stands behind a verandah with three small domes, the whole building raised on a platform and approached by steps from the east. Black stone corner towers, stone door frames and carved mihrabs set it apart from the brick mosques of the region. Locals also call it the Shuja mosque.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free; budget around ৳500 for buses and a CNG auto-rickshaw from Ghoraghat
How to get to Sura Mosque
Buses from Dinajpur reach Ghoraghat via Phulbari and Birampur in about 2.5 hours. The mosque is about 7 km west of Ghoraghat town, beside the Hili road; take a CNG auto-rickshaw.
Dinajpur town is about 336 km from Dhaka, around 8 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Dinajpur guide.
More to see in Dinajpur
Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Kantajew Temple কান্তজিউ মন্দির
An 18th-century brick temple covered on every face with terracotta panels of epics, hunts, boats and village life.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Local bus around ৳30–50 each way; a CNG auto-rickshaw for the round trip with waiting around ৳800–1,200
Photo: Abdul Momin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Ramsagar রামসাগর
A tank about a kilometre long, dug for Raja Ramnath in the 1750s and now the centre of a small national park.
- Best time
- November to March
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Small gate fee; easy-bike or CNG from town around ৳150–300 each way
Photo: Rahul_Kumar_Sanjowal, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dinajpur Rajbari দিনাজপুর রাজবাড়ি
The decaying palace complex of the Dinajpur rajas, with gateways, ponds and the shell of the mirrored Aina Mahal.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Rickshaw or easy-bike from the centre around ৳40–80
Photo: Kazi Rashed Abdallah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Nayabad Mosque নয়াবাদ মসজিদ
A three-domed mosque of 1793 beside the Dhepa river, a short ride from Kantajew and skipped by most temple visitors.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 30–45 minutes
- Cost
- Free; van or easy-bike from Kantanagar around ৳30–60