‘Qutb Shahi Mosque’ is located at Hazarat Pandua , which is 18km north of Malda Town. Established by the heir of Nur Qutb-ul-Alam in 1583 AD, ‘ Qutb Shahi Mosque in Malda’ or ‘Qutub Shahi Masjid’ is locally known as the Chhoto Sona Masjid. It was constructed with a purpose to honor saint Nur Qutb-ul-Alam. The mosque stands between the grave of the saint and the eklakhi monument.
The elements used for constructing the Mosque are plain stone slabs in the exterior and brick in the interior sections. ‘ Qutub Shahi Masjid’ largely resembles with the Bara Sona Mosque of Gaur Lakhnauti. The size of the mosque is measured to be as 25.10m by 11.50m. There are 2 pathways or aisles running north-south, which are joined by 5-edged dome-shaped entrances from the eastern side with 2-windows, one each between the northern and the southern sides. There are altogether 10 domes in the mosque.
Qutb Shahi Mosque has 5 mihrabs with engrailed arches at its peak,(now in ruins) the qibla side, with a high pulpit on the northern part of the inner mihrab, resembles with that in the Adina Mosque. A rectangular stone platform stands just in front of the pulpit, which is considered to the tomb of a fakir or a local saint.
‘Qutub Shahi Masjid’, reflects the architectural splendor of a bygone era. The sections of the mosque are exquisitely decorated. If you look at the corner towers, over the entrance panels, underneath the topmost cornice, and in the edge of the front part of the arches, they ‘re adorned with the string shapings. On each spandrels of the Mosque displays the rosettes.
