Shahi Eidgah, Open prayer hall in Sylhet District, Bangladesh.
Shahi Eidgah is an open-air Eid prayer ground on a hill in Sylhet, laid out like a Mughal fort. Fifteen domes top the structure, and half-domed minarets stand around its edges. A large mihrab marks the centre of the wall, with smaller mihrabs elsewhere. A large pond in front, called fukoir or fukri, serves as the wudu khana.
The prayer hall was constructed in the 17th century during the reign of Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. Farhad Khan, the regional administrator of Sylhet at that time, oversaw the building's construction.
The main Eid congregations of Sylhet are held here, with roughly 150,000 to 200,000 worshippers praying together at Eid ul-Fitr and Eid ul-Adha. The grounds have long served as the city's assembly space: Mohandas Gandhi spoke here during his non-cooperation movement, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and A. K. Fazlul Huq also addressed gatherings.
Visitors can reach the site easily using local buses from Sylhet bus station, which is the main transportation hub for the area. The location is accessible on foot from nearby bus stops and taxi stands.
The large pond by the main gate, called fukoir or fukri, serves as the wudu khana where worshippers perform ablutions before Eid prayers. The eidgah's design, resembling a Mughal fort, includes three gates and fifteen domes.
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