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Aeroplane Mosque

Dhaka South City Corporation, Bangladesh · built 1960

The Aeroplane Mosque (also known as Biman Mosque) is a congregational mosque established in 1960 on Elephant Road in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The building features a large aeroplane placed above the staircase on the roof. Built during the East Pakistan period, the mosque was later expanded after the independence of Bangladesh. The five-story mosque is now managed as waqf property and is one of the well-known mosques in Dhaka metropolis.

Mosque data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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