Local lore credits this five-domed mosque to Shah Sufi Adari Mia, an Iraqi preacher who settled in the village during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Built with brick and surki mortar, the square hall has four octagonal corner minarets and an ornate central mihrab flanked by two smaller ones. Now maintained by the Department of Archaeology, the site remains an active place of daily prayer for villagers. A Friday afternoon visit lets you observe the weekly congregation and village bazaar.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; return auto-rickshaw hire roughly ৳300–400
How to get to Jhaudia Shahi Mosque
Located in Jhaudia village, about 22 km south of Kushtia town via the Islamic University bypass. A CNG auto-rickshaw takes about 45 minutes.
Kushtia town is about 205 km from Dhaka, around 4.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Kushtia guide.
More to see in Kushtia
Photo: Shahnoor Habib Munmun, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Shilaidaha Kuthibari শিলাইদহ কুঠিবাড়ি
A three-storey pyramidal brick residence beside the Padma where Rabindranath Tagore managed his family estate and wrote many of his works.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20 for citizens, ৳300 for foreign visitors; auto-rickshaw from town about ৳100–150
Photo: Farhan Sadik 21, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Lalon Shah's Shrine লালন শাহের মাজার
The white domed mausoleum and ashram complex at Cheuria where Baul singers gather nightly around the grave of mystic poet Lalon Shah.
- Best time
- October to March
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from town centre roughly ৳30–50
Photo: Ifteebd10, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Mir Mosharraf Hossain Birthplace মীর মশাররফ হোসেনের বাস্তুভিটা
The homestead of pioneering 19th-century Bengali Muslim novelist Mir Mosharraf Hossain, featuring a memorial library and auditorium.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from town roughly ৳40–60 each way
Photo: 66tarara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Hardinge Bridge হার্ডিঞ্জ ব্রিজ
A landmark 1.8-kilometre railway steel truss bridge over the lower Padma River, opened in 1915 and still carrying mainline rail traffic.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to view from the riverbank; boat ride on the Padma roughly ৳200–400 for a group