Bangladesh 100 Taka, 2011-2023 P-57

BANGLADESH BANK ১০০ বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক 100 চাহিবামাত্র ইহার বাহককে একশত টাকা দিতে বাধ্য থাকিবে গণ প্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলাদেশ সরকারের. দায়িত্বে প্রবর্তিত

Black on multishade blue and teal undperprint; black serial number. Portrait of Bangabandhu Sheikh Muzibur Rahman, the Father of the Nation at left. The picture of National Monument is printed in light color in the middle

১০০ BANGLADESH BANK ONE HUNDRED TAKA তারা মসজিদ ঢাকা বাংলাদেশ ব্যাংক 100

Dark blue on light blue underprint. Picture of the Star Mosque (Bengali: তারা মসজিদ; also known as Tara Masjid), is a mosque located in Armanitola area, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The mosque has ornate designs and is decorated with motifs of blue stars. It was built in the first half of the 19th century by Mirza Golam Pir (Mirza Ahmed Jan). The main appeal of the mosque is the striking mosaics decorating it. The artisans who created these patterns used a technique called Chinitikri, which uses broken shards of China porcelain as mosaic pieces. (Pieces of broken bottles were also used at times because colored ceramics were costly.) The size of the pieces varied from half an inch to 2.5 inches, and the preferred shapes were rhomboid and triangular. The mosque is now one of the few extant examples of an architectural work decorated with Chinitikri-style mosaics. Most notable is the Chinitikri blue star motif that gives the structure its popular name, Star Mosque. Hundreds of blue-colored stars adorn the white marble domes, and this star theme is echoed by the mosaics of flowers and rosettes found on the façade and the interior of the mosque.