Built in 1558 CE by an Afghan patron named Sulaiman during the rule of Sultan Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, this mosque is one of the few surviving stone monuments in North Bengal. Its exterior and interior are cased in polished dark basalt blocks brought from the Rajmahal hills, with two rows of three domes overhead. The western wall contains three exquisitely carved mihrabs featuring vines, rosettes and hanging chain-and-bell reliefs. A large pond fronts the eastern gateway, where worshippers still perform ablutions before daily prayers.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; bus from Naogaon town about ৳50–70 each way
How to get to Kusumba Mosque
In Manda upazila, about 35 km south-west of Naogaon town on the Rajshahi–Naogaon highway. Direct buses toward Rajshahi reach Kusumba bus stand in roughly 45 minutes; walk 5 minutes to the gate.
Naogaon town is about 240 km from Dhaka, around 6.5 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Naogaon guide.
More to see in Naogaon
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Paharpur Buddhist Vihara (Somapura Mahavihara) সোমপুর মহাবিহার (পাহাড়পুর)
An 8th-century UNESCO World Heritage Buddhist monastery centered on a massive cruciform temple, the largest south of the Himalayas.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- Half a day
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳30 for Bangladeshis, more for foreigners; bus from Naogaon about ৳60 each way
Photo: Shah alam nehal, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Patisar Rabindra Kachharibari পতিসর রবীন্দ্র কাছারি বাড়ি
The Tagore family's riverside estate house on the Nagor river, where Rabindranath Tagore managed his zamindari and established a rural bank.
- Best time
- November to February, or May for Tagore's anniversary
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20 for Bangladeshis; auto-rickshaw from Atrai station about ৳250–350 return
Photo: Atiqur.Rahman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Dubalhati Rajbari দুবলহাটি রাজবাড়ি
The crumbling multi-storey brick courtyards and grand columns of a zamindar palace that once contained more than three hundred rooms.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Free; auto-rickshaw from Naogaon town about ৳100–150 return
Photo: Suvopartho, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Jagaddala Mahavihara জগদ্দল মহাবিহার
Excavated mounds of an 11th-century Buddhist university and monastery founded by Pala King Ramapala in the remote northern countryside.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2 hours
- Cost
- Free entry; bus to Dhamoirhat about ৳80, local auto roughly ৳100–150 return