Monday, July 12, 2010

INTERIOR DECORATION WITH TERRACOTTA WORK




Beautiful interior decoration of Bari Mosque, seen one Used gate.

INSIDE BARI MOSQUE, CHOTA PANDUA, HOOGHLY




BARI MOSQUE AT CHOTA PANDUA, HOOGHLY

Bari Mosque
The long rectangular Bari Mosque with a TWENTY ONE (21) arched facade used small domes on brick pendentives to form SIXTY SIX bays. Two rows of FORTY FOUR(44) basalt pillars of the earlier structure divide the mosque in three aisless,each of twenty one bays having brick carved Mihrabs on the Quibla wall.

BARI MOSQUE & MINAR AT CHOTA PANDUA, HOOGHLY

Minar near Bari Mosque
In Chota Pandua,a 140 feet high tower was a part of the town's principal mosque called Bari Masjid and displayed the power of ruling class and aimed at propagating the new religion of Islam ( Early 14th century )