Kherur Mosque

The Kherur Mosque, also called the Kheraul Mosque, stands partly in ruins at Kherur in the Sagardighi block of Murshidabad district. Two inscriptions on the building record that Rafa't Khan built it in 1495, during the reign of Alauddin Husain Shah. No longer used as a mosque, it is protected as a Monument of National Importance by the Archaeological Survey of India.

The building is entirely of brick, with no stone facing. A square prayer chamber, whose hemispherical dome fell in the earthquake of 1897, is fronted by a verandah with three domes, and minarets stand at the four corners. What sets it apart is the terracotta ornament on its walls: only a few mosques have such decoration, and this work is older than Bengal's well-known terracotta temples, which date from the 17th to the 19th century.