Prayers formally began on Friday, 13 November, with Jumuah at the new mosque of the Hazrat Shah Makhdum Ruposh (Rh.) Dargah Sharif in Rajshahi. The mosque was built under the shrine's development project carried out by Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC). After the prayers, special supplications were offered for the welfare of the city's people and the country.
Land minister Mizanur Rahman Minu and RCC administrator Mahfuzur Rahman Riton joined the Friday prayers. Justice Md Khosruzzaman of the High Court Division, Rajshahi divisional commissioner Kazi Mohammad Saiful Islam, deputy commissioner Kazi Shahidul Islam and RMP commissioner Mohammad Faizul Kabir were also present.
The RCC administrator said building the shrine's new mosque was part of his continuing work on the city's development and services, and that the rest of the project would be finished soon. When everything is done, he said, the shrine will become one of the most beautiful shrine and mosque complexes in the country.
According to RCC's engineering department, the "Development of Hazrat Shah Makhdum Ruposh (Rh.) Dargah Sharif (first revised)" project costs Tk 24.79 crore and runs until June 2027. An entrance gate and the four-storey mosque have been completed.
Work on the mazar itself, the boundary wall, an administrative building and landscaping is under way. The project aims to beautify the site, improve its infrastructure and provide facilities for visitors while keeping its historical importance and spiritual atmosphere.
This report is based on a dispatch by BSS from Rajshahi.
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Source: BSS
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