Constructed in 1958 under the guidance of local spiritual guide Hazrat Abdul Gafur Chishti, this mosque draws on Mughal proportions with modern decorative brickwork. The prayer hall features five domes, a forty-foot minaret, and walls decorated with porcelain chips and colored glass mosaic in delicate floral designs. Sunlight passing through colored glass panels creates intricate patterns on the marble floor during midday prayers. The compound sits in quiet rural surroundings near the Khetlal road, flanked by palms and a pond.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1 hour
- Cost
- Free entry; shared CNG from Joypurhat town about ৳50 each way
How to get to Hinda-Kasba Shahi Mosque
In Hinda village, Khetlal upazila, about 15 km south-east of Joypurhat town. Local buses or shared CNGs to Khetlal drop you nearby in 30 minutes; take a rickshaw to the gate.
Joypurhat town is about 250 km from Dhaka, around 6.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Joypurhat guide.
More to see in Joypurhat
Photo: Ratuls21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Joypurhat Sugar Mills জয়পুরহাট চিনি কল
The largest state-owned sugar mill in Bangladesh, established in 1960 on a 100-acre industrial campus in Joypurhat town.
- Best time
- November to February during the sugarcane crushing season
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free to view; rickshaw from the railway station about ৳30–40
Nandail Dighi নান্দাইল দিঘী
A vast 59-acre reservoir stretching nearly a kilometre, excavated in 1610 and now a winter refuge for migratory waterfowl.
- Best time
- December to February for migratory bird sightings
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; CNG from Joypurhat town about ৳60–80 each way, van about ৳20
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lokma Rajbari (Lokma Zamindar Bari) লকমা রাজবাড়ি
The decaying brick arches and overgrown courtyards of an 18th-century zamindar estate standing right beside the Indian border.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; auto to Panchbibi about ৳40, van to Koria village roughly ৳100 return