Atiya Mosque in Tangail is one of the buildings built in Sultanate and Mughal style in Bangladesh. Although this Muslim architecture was built around 414 years ago, the craftsmanship of the mosque still attracts attention.

Visitors flock from different parts of the country and even the world to see the mosque. All in all, Atiya Mosque is known as the architecture and monuments of the era.

It is known that inside the mosque, 18 people in each of the five rows and 90 people and 36 Muslims can pray in the balcony of the mosque. Apart from this, there are arrangements for about 500 people to pray outside the mosque.

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The historic Atiya Mosque is located eight kilometers southwest of Tangail town. In 1978, the first Atiya Mosque was featured on the cover of the 10 rupee note. Then, in 1982, Atiya Mosque was also featured on the cover of the 10 rupee note. This made the mosque easily known to the countrymen. But these days the old ten rupee note is not seen much. The Directorate of Archeology took over the maintenance of the mosque in 1978.

It is known that a Sufi missionary named Adam Shah Baba Kashmiri came to this region in the fifteenth century. He settled here till his death in 1613 AD and continued preaching Islam. The grave of this pious person is located here. At the request of Shah Kashmiri, Mughal emperor Jahangir Saeed Khan Panni was appointed as the ruler of Atiya Pargana. Syed Khan Panni is the founder of the famous zamindar family of Kartia. He built Atiya Mosque in 1609 AD. The word 'Atiya' is derived from the Arabic word 'Ata'. It means 'donation'. At that time Karrani received a large area as 'Waqf' from the ruler Sulaiman Karrani to bear the cost of religious activities.

The famous architect Muhammad Khan was engaged in the planning and construction of this mosque, which was built by combining the architecture of the Sultanate and Mughal periods. After its construction, Roshan Khatun Chowdhury in 1837 and Abul Ahmed Khan Ghaznabi in 1909 renovated the mosque.

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This ancient mosque is 18.29 meters in length and 12.19 meters in width. The thickness of the wall of the mosque is 2.23 meters and the height is 44 feet. There are four octagonal minarets at the four corners of the mosque. The main hall and the veranda of the mosque are divided into two parts. There is one door each in the eastern and middle walls of the mosque. There are two doors each in the north-south wall along with the balcony. There are three beautiful mihrabs on the inner west wall. There are two stone pillars along each wall of the main room. The main hall is topped by a huge imposing dome. There are three entrances in the eastern wall of the verandah. There is an inscription on the lower part of the upper part of the middle entrance. History mentions that there was an inscription before the present one. This inscription is written in Persian. When the original inscription was destroyed for some reason, the current inscription was added later during the renovation of the mosque. The mosque is made of terracotta bricks. The mosque is built with lime, surki masonry. There was no plaster system during the Sultanate period. So they used to build mosques with lime and mortar.

Hard to find a person who has not heard the name of Atiya Masjid at least once. The hundred year old mosque has been offering daily prayers since its inception.

Visitors told Dhaka Post that the mosque is not only a heritage site but also a place to visit. The artisans have done a mesmerizing job. It needs to be held.

Badal Hossain, a worshiper who came to pray, told Dhaka Post that not many worshipers can pray in the mosque. Prayer should be done outside the mosque. Initiatives need to be taken so that more Muslims can pray here.

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The members of the mosque committee said that local and foreign visitors regularly come to see the architecture of the Sultanate and Mughal period. However, the mosque needs renovation. What has been renovated recently will not be sustainable for long. More visitors come here during the month of Ramadan and on Fridays.

Mosque Committee General Secretary Masudur Rahman Imran told Dhaka Post that hundreds of Muslims can pray inside. But there is more problem on Friday due to lack of space. An initiative was taken to increase the area together with the mosque committee, but the Department of Archeology did not allow the implementation of the initiative as it would ruin the design of the mosque.