Parulia Mosque

Parulia Mosque situated at Parulia under Palash upazila in Narsingdi district. According to an inscription over the main gateway of the mosque, Bibi Jainab, a daughter of some Nasir and wife of Diwan Sharif, built this mosque in 1126 AH/ 1714 AD. Internally it measures 18.29m in length, 5.18m in breadth and the wall of the mosque is 1.52m thick. Two lateral arches divided the interior of the mosque into three square sections. Three domes cover the roof of these three sections. The domes are crowned with lotus and kalasa finials. There are banded octagonal corner towers at four corners of the mosque. It was an exception that all the corner towers reached up to the cornice. In the Mughal style corner towers generally reach above the cornice.
There are five archways in the mosque, three at the eastern wall and one each at northern and southern walls. The central archway is bigger than the other four which are of the same size. The upper portion of the outer side of the main gateway is under a half-dome roof and is recessed in a rectangular structure. Three mihrabs are at the western wall corresponding to the three archways of the eastern wall. All the mihrabs and the archways are stuck in rectangular structure, which are ornamented with merlons. There are arched niches on both sides of the mihrabs and archways. Archways and mihrabs are marked by their outward projection. Rectangular and square panels decorate both sides of the outer face of the archways.
The mosque was partially damaged by earthquakes in 1897and was renovated later on. There is a square open courtyard in front of the mosque, which is surrounded by a wall not very high. A beautiful gateway is in the eastern side of this wall. There is a one domed square tomb of Diwan Sharif and Bibi Jainab on the western side of the mosque.