**Choto Sona Mosque**
A popular place for visitors, some walk
whilst others don't.
Translating as the "Small Golden Mosque", Choto Sona Mosque was built between 1493 and 1519, it is topped with fifteen domes that were once gilded, hence its name.
A simple rectangular block of brick, cladded by granite blocks it is reported to be one of the best-preserved period monuments under the protection of the Department of Archaeology of Bangladesh.
Prayer mats laid out, stylised to look like a mihrab, which always points towards Mecca ( you check next time you are in a mosque!!)
The prayer mat layer outer going about his business
and the prayer mat user going about his business under the watchful eye of a young girl.
A royal gallery stands in one corner.
A bird's eye view
The intricate carvings being worn smooth over time
Hmmm and a rather precariously wired and hanging fan
Somapura Mahavihara
Off in the distance stands the Somapura Mahavihara, a Unesco World Heritage site, a Budhist Stupa that pre dates 800 AD, A stupa is really just one big solid lump, and to be honest Phillistine that I am, I couldn't be bothered walking all the way to the base to walk all the way back.
So as my fellow travellers trotted off, with a guide, to earn more facts that you would need to complete a Masters degree in Ancient religious philosophy, I hung around the gardens to admire the topiary.
Fancy cut hedges to the non-gardeners amongst us
Being honest, it was pretty damned good
The paper flower, one of the most common of Bougainvillea, striking fine petas a bright red
Mary fucking poppins indeed
How to do an arty farty foto
Yup here comes the people.
I spent I think the next 15 minutes doing my classic instasnappergramchat posing and pouting for all and sundry i didn't mind I quite enjoyed it. me and these gorgeous people get along fine.
But all good things must come to an end. It is 3 hours since I last ate, and I am starving, food glorious food awaits at a homestay in a nearby village.
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