Places
Kusumba Mosque
Built in 1558-59 under the Suri ruler Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, and known as the black gem of Bangladesh.
Updated 16 Oct 202612
- District
- Naogaon
- Address
- Kusumba, Manda, Naogaon
The Kusumba Mosque stands in the village of Kusumba in Manda upazila, Naogaon.
An inscription on the outside records that construction began in 1558 and ended in 1559, under Ghiyasuddin Bahadur Shah, one of the last Suri rulers.
It is built of dark stone, which is why it is often called the black gem of Bangladesh. The mosque appears on the Bangladeshi five-taka note.
How to get there On the Rajshahi-Naogaon road at Manda, about 40 km from Naogaon town.