Star Mosque

It is situated in the old part of Dhaka City. It is known that one Mirza Golam Pir, whose ancestors had come to Dhaka and settle in Mohalla Ale Abu Sayeed (present-day Armanitola), erected it in the first half of the 19th century. In 1926 a local businessman named Alijan Bepari renovates the mosque. The outer wall between the doors is decorated with the motif of Fujisan (Mount Fuji) on glazed tiles and a crescent-and-star design decorates the upper part of the façade. Hundreds of blue stars have been created on the domes of white marble. The motif of stars dominates the decoration and so the mosque is called the Star Mosque.