The Adina Mosque in Pandua was commissioned by Sultan Sikandar Shah of the Ilyas Shahi dynasty, who was later buried in a tomb chamber attached to its western wall. The article names no architect. The infobox and text give 1373 to 1375, but one section says it was built between 1364 and 1374. It blends Bengali, Arab, Persian and Byzantine elements, with a hypostyle plan resembling Damascus's Umayyad Mosque.
The mosque is 564 by 318 feet (172 by 97 m). It uses rubble masonry faced with brick, stone, stucco and plaster, with terracotta decoration, and some stone was reused from dismantled Hindu temples. The text gives 387 domed bays and 260 pillars, but another passage says more than three hundred pillars.
Nineteenth-century earthquakes damaged it, and it fell into disuse. A legend says Raja Ganesha later held court there. It is a Monument of National Importance, and a column is in the British Museum. The article gives no hours.
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