Star Mosque, Mughal mosque in Armanitola district, Bangladesh

The Star Mosque is a rectangular prayer hall topped with five domes and covered entirely with blue and white mosaic decorations on its surfaces. The walls and dome interiors feature elaborate tilework made from broken porcelain pieces arranged into geometric and star patterns.

The mosque was built in the early 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir and transformed during the 1920s when businessman Ali Jan Bepari oversaw major renovations that introduced the distinctive star motifs. This renovation period gave the structure its current decorative character.

The name Tara, or Sitara, Masjid comes from the blue star motifs added in the 1926 renovation. The mosaic technique, Chinitikri, uses broken Japanese and English porcelain set into white plaster. A Japanese Fujiyama motif appears between the doors, and a plant-and-vase design recurs on the pendentives and verandah wall.

Visit outside prayer times and ask the caretaker for entry to see the interior decorations properly. Women should bring a head covering, and all visitors should remove their shoes or leave them at the entrance.

The mosque appears on Bangladesh's ৳100 banknote. Its chinitikri surfaces mix Japanese and English china clay tiles, and a Fujiyama motif is set between the doors, while the upper eastern façade carries a crescent. The prayer hall was extended in 1987 with two more domes.