Constructed during the Bengal Sultanate in the mid-15th century, Galakata is the best-preserved monument in the medieval city of Mohammadabad at Barobazar. Its square brick prayer hall features six domes resting on slender stone columns, with curved cornices and terracotta floral motifs decorating the central mihrab. Beside it lies the Galakata Dighi, an ancient reservoir dug to supply drinking water to medieval merchants and travellers. The Department of Archaeology excavated and restored the site in the early 1990s.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; easy-bike from Barobazar bus stand about ৳20
How to get to Galakata Mosque
In Barobazar, roughly 30 km south of Jhenaidah town. Local buses down the Jashore highway stop at Barobazar bus stand, then an easy-bike takes 5 minutes to the mound.
Jhenaidah town is about 170 km from Dhaka, around 4 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Jhenaidah guide.
More to see in Jhenaidah
Photo: Moon Taha Noor Jui, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jor-Bangla Mosque জোড়বাংলা মসজিদ
A single-domed 16th-century brick mosque excavated from a mound in Barobazar, named after twin thatched huts that once stood nearby.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; rickshaw from Barobazar bazaar about ৳20
Photo: Kazi Rashed Abdallah, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Satgachhia Gayebana Mosque সাতগাছিয়া গায়েবানা মসজিদ
The excavated ruins of a massive 35-domed Sultanate hypostyle mosque discovered under an overgrown mound in Satgachhia village.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; easy-bike hire from Barobazar about ৳80–120 return
Dhol Samudra Dighi ঢোল সমুদ্র দিঘি
A vast 52-bigha medieval reservoir dug by Hindu King Mukut Roy, shrouded in folklore about a buried brass drum and royal sacrifice.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free access; easy-bike from Jhenaidah town about ৳30–40
Naldanga Rajbari Temples নলডাঙ্গা রাজবাড়ি মন্দির
A cluster of 17th-century terracotta Hindu temples and bathing ghats built by the zamindars of Naldanga along the Begabati River.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; easy-bike from Kaliganj town about ৳30–50