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Baro Shona Masjid

English Bazar community development block, IN

Baro Shona Masjid

The Baro Shona Masjid (Bengali: বড়ো সোনা মসজিদ, romanized: Great Golden Mosque), also known as the Baroduari Masjid (Bengali: বারোদুয়ারী মসজিদ, romanized: 12-gated Mosque) and as the Qutub Shahi Mosque, is a former mosque in a partial ruinous state, located in Gour, in the Malda district, in the s

tate of West Bengal, India. Completed in 1526 CE, it is situated 500 metres (1,600 ft) south of Ramkeli, a village on the way to Gour, and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south of the town of Malda. The mosque with its ruins can be found very close to the India-Bangladeshi border. With a gigantic rectangular structure of brick and stone, this mosque is the largest monument in Gour. Even though one of the mosque's names "Baroduari Masjid" implies that it has 12 doors, only eleven survive in its ruinous state. The former mosque is a Monument of National Importance, managed by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI).

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