Lawachara Jame Mosque

Lawachara Jame Masjid, (Bengali: লাউয়াছড়া জামে মসজিদ, romanized: Lauwachhora Jame Mosjid, Arabic: مسجد الجامع لاواسرا‎), is a mosque located in Bhanugach-Srimangal Road, Lawachara National Park, Kamalganj, Moulvibazar, Bangladesh.

Lawachara Jame Mosque
লাউয়াছড়া জামে মসজিদ
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Branch/tradition	Sunni
Year consecrated	1967
Status	active
Location
Location	Kamalganj, Moulvibazar District, Bangladesh
Architecture
Type	Mosque
Style	Islamic architecture
Date established	12 December 1967
Completed	12 December 1967
Capacity	50

Architecture

Currently, the mosque has been painted blue with a green roof. It has three wooden doors to enter the main hall and two pillars outside the main entrance. On the right of the main entrance, is another smaller entrance leading to a female prayer area. Located in the middle of a tropical rain-forest, the surrounding trees near the mosque are inhabited by monkeys.

History

This mosque is said to be the first and only mosque to be built in the Lawachara National Park. It was built and established on the 12th of December 1967 when the nation was known as East Pakistan.[1] The sidewall of the culvert next to the mosque crumpled up in May 2017, heavily affecting transportation.[2] On 28 March 2018, the mosque's imam, Muhammad Mustafizur Rahman Masum of Gobindpur, went missing and could not be found at the mosque.[3]

References

1. Noorul Mohaimeen Milton (15 June 2016). ভালো নেই লাউয়াছড়া (in Bengali). Lawachara: Jugantor. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
2. "খাসিয়াদের সহায়তায় কমলগঞ্জের লাউয়াছড়া জাতীয় উদ্যানের প্রবেশ পথের ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত কালভার্ট সেতু ও রাস্তা সংস্কার". Patakuri (in Bengali). 14 May 2017.
3. "৫ দিন থেকে নিখোঁজ লাউয়াছড়া জাতীয় উদ্দ্যান জামে মসজিদের ইমাম". Mukhomukhi Protidin (in Bengali). 2 Apr 2018.