Lukochuri Darwaza, Gaur

Lukochuri Darwaza, whose Bengali name means 'hide and seek gate', is a brick gateway among the ruins of Gaur, standing north of the Gumti Gate and south-east of the Qadam Rasul Mosque. It once led into the citadel of Gaur. The usual view is that the Mughal prince Shah Shuja built it around 1655, though some historians credit Alauddin Husain Shah in 1522. Shah Shuja is said to have visited his patron saint Shah Niamatullah Wali in the Firuzpur quarter often, and the gate probably gave him a quicker route through the city; it may also have been meant as the way into the Qadam Rasul Mosque.

The rectangular gateway measures 19.80 m by 12.90 m and rises three storeys. A tall four-pointed central arch is flanked by two-storey arched entrances, and the upper doorways mirror those below. The flat roof was a naqqar khana, where drums announced the governor's comings and goings, and kanjuras run along the top. The Archaeological Survey of India maintains it.