HISTORICAL PLACE (TAHA KHANA, SONAMOSJID)

TAHKHANA IS ESTABLISHED NEAR ABOUT 500 MEATER AWAY FROM JAHEDUL BALA POND WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE

NORTH WEST SIDE OF “CHOTO SONA MOSZID”. TAHAKHANA IS A WELL DECORATED DUPLAXE BUILDING. THE AREA OF
THE BUILDING IS ABOUT 35.35mtr*11.58mtr. THERE ARE 17 ROOMS OF WHICH TWO ARE OCTAGONAL. THE OCTAGONAL
ROOM WHICH IS SITUATED ON THE NORTH WEST WAS USED FOR PERFORMING NAMAZA AND THE ANOTHER OCTAGONAL
ROOM WAS USED FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSE. SUCH AS SALOON, RECREATION, MEETING, HAMMAM ETC. THE HAMMAM
COMPLEX (LOOK LIKE AS TOMB) IS SITUATED ON THE SOUTH OF THE TAHAKHANA.THERE IS A STAIREASE ON THE SOUTH
EAST CORNER, WHICH IS LANDED DOWN TO THE WATER LEVEL OF THE POND. THERE WAS A PROVISSION OF SUPPLYING
HOT AND COLD WATER THROUGH A CHANNEL OF TERACOTTA PIPE TO THE HAMMAM KHANA. THE BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED
WITH SMALL BRICKS WITH DIFFERENT ARTS AND DESIGN.
THERE ARE TWO VIEWS ARE AVAILABE REGARDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE BUILDING.
FIRSTLY,
SHAH SUJA USE TO COME AND STAY HERE FOR HIS REST, RECREATION PURPOSE, ADMINISTRATIVE PURPOSE AND
TO MEAT WITH HIS SPRITUAL GUIDE SHAH NIYAMOT ULLAH (R).
SECONDLY,
FOR THE PURPOSE OF LIVING OF SPRITUAL GUIDE SHAH NIYAMOT ULLAH (R), SHAH SUJA CREATED THIS BUILDING DURING 1655.
A MOSQUE AND TOMB OF SHAH NIYAMOTULLAH IS SITUATED RESPECTIVELY ON THE NORTH-WEST AND NORTH OF THE BUILDING.

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