Built around 1714 during the era of Subahdar Murshid Quli Khan, this historic mosque was commissioned by his daughter Zaynab Bibi and her husband Dewan Sharif Khan. The rectangular prayer hall features three ribbed domes, octagonal corner turrets and thick brick walls pierced by arched doorways. A walled family graveyard with stone sarcophagi lies adjacent to the mosque courtyard. The site borders an expansive dighi where reflection of the white domes shimmers in the morning light.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- About an hour
- Cost
- Entry free; auto-rickshaw from Narsingdi town about ৳60–80 each way
How to get to Parulia Shahi Mosque
In Parulia village, Palash upazila, about 9 km north-west of Narsingdi town. An auto-rickshaw or CNG from town takes roughly 25 minutes.
Narsingdi town is about 52 km from Dhaka, around 2 hours by road. Every way to get there is in the Narsingdi guide.
More to see in Narsingdi
Photo: user:omarshehab, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Wari-Bateshwar Archaeological Site ওয়ারী-বটেশ্বর
An excavated fortified port city dating from around 450 BCE, showing trade ties with the Mediterranean and Southeast Asia.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Entry free; CNG auto-rickshaw from Morjal crossing roughly ৳40–60 each way
Baburhat Wholesale Cloth Market বাবুরহাট শেখেরচর
The largest wholesale textile bazaar in Bangladesh, drawing thousands of buyers for handloom lungis, saris and cotton goods.
- Best time
- Year-round, active Thursday evening to Sunday
- Give it
- 2–3 hours
- Cost
- Free to enter; local auto-rickshaw from Narsingdi town about ৳30
Photo: Generalrafiq, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Bhai Girish Chandra Sen Memorial Museum ভাই গিরিশচন্দ্র সেনের বাস্তুভিটা
The restored two-storey home and museum of the 19th-century scholar who first translated the Quran into Bengali.
- Best time
- November to February
- Give it
- 1–2 hours
- Cost
- Entry roughly ৳20; easy-bike from Panchdona intersection about ৳15–20