Star mosque which is popular as Tara masjid is situated at the Armanitola, an area of the old Dhaka. It was built in 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir. In Mughal design architecture, it is a five dome mosque with hundreds of big and small twinkling blue stars as surface decoration. The star has been created by setting blue chinaware on white cement. Seen from the front and from far it looks like as if it were shining above the surface of the earth. The inside of the mosque is also very beautiful. The inside is decorated with imported Japanese and English china tiles and utilized both methods of the chinitikri application. On the surface between the doors there are Japanese Fujiyama motif. The mosque is a historical part of Dhaka city. It is also tourist spot. To stay in Dhaka city one can choose the hotel from the link given below.
