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The
Baitul
Aman
Jame
Masjid
Complex.
In
Bengali:
বাইতুল
আমান
জামে
মসজিদ,
In
Arabic:
بيت
الأمان
جامع
مسجد),
commonly
known
as
Guthia
Mosque
of
Barishal,
is
a
mosque
complex
of
Bangladesh
having
a
land
area
of
14
acres,
comparing
to
the
8.30
acres
land
area
of
the
national
mosque
Baitul
Mukarram
of
the
country.
The
Baitul
Aman
Jame
Masjid
Complex
consists
of
a
mosque,
a
large
eidgah,
a
graveyard,
three
lakes,
a
madrasa
and
an
orphanage.
Established
on
December
16,
2003,
Guthia
Mosque
is
also
a
tourist
spot
in
Bangladesh.
Construction
of
the
mosque
complex
began
on
December
16,
2003,
under
the
supervision
of
SAS
Foundation.
A
small
mosque
already
existed.
[4]
The
complex
is
a
private
initiative
by
Sharifuddin
Ahmed
Santu,
a
local
politician
and
businessman
who
lived
abroad.
The
mosque
took
four
years
and
one
month
to
be
completed.
The
complex
was
designed
by
architect
M.
Ameenul
Haque.
The
cost
of
the
construction
in
those
times
was
200
million
BDT.
The
complex
was
inaugurated
on
October
20,
2006,
with
three
great
lakes,
a
mosque,
an
orphanage,
a
madrasa,
an
Eidgah
and
58
meters
high
minaret
constructed
of
white
marble.[5]The
mosque's
architecture
is
inspired
by
Islamic
architecture
from
various
parts
of
middle
east.
Architect
M.
Ameenul
Haque
went
on
a
trip
to
the
middle
east
with
the
founder
to
research
the
architecture
and
design
of
some
of
the
most
beautiful
mosques
in
the
world.
He
adopted
the
domical
style
for
Baitul
Aman
mosque.
The
mosque
complex
stands
on
14
acres.
The
mosque
itself
consists
of
20
domes.
The
three
lakes
surrounding
the
mosque
are
situated
so
that
they
reflect
the
whole
mosque
from
different
angles.
Gardens
are
placed
around
the
lakes
and
the
mosque.
A
number
of
calligraphies
of
Ayatul
Kursi
are
found
around
the
mosque
and
the
inner
part
of
dome
of
the
mosque
also
has
the
Ayatul
Kursi
carved
on
it.
The
inner
wall
of
the
mosque
has
the
Surat
ar-Rahman
written
on
it.
The
inner
part
of
the
mosque
has
a
capacity
of
1,400
people,
while
the
outer
has
a
capacity
of
5,000
people.
Several
thousand
people
can
pray
in
the
Eidgah
adjacent
to
the
mosque
at
a
time.
The
58
meters
high
minaret
of
the
mosque
is
the
tallest
in
the
country.
A
graveyard
stands
on
the
south-eastern
part
of
the
complex.
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