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A swift drive along the Chandanpura Road will not catch your eye. But a slow stroll on the ever-busy road or a leisure ride on a rickshaw will draw your attention to the beauty, splendour and grandeur of an architectural marvel.

The Chandpura Mosque, located in the port city, has it all. Chittagong can boast of architectural heritages and the mosque is certainly one of them

Abdul Hamid Master a zaminder at Chandanpura during the later part of 18th century. He built a big earthen mosque on a large piece of land, which changed through the passage of time in 1950 into concrete, yet holding together the original architectural design.

Abu Syed Dobash, one of Hamid Master's successors, started the change in 1947 and it took three years to complete the work, which cost him approximately Tk 4 lakh, which was considered huge during that period

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