Pahartali Chowmuhani Jame Masjid পাহারতলি চৌমুহনী জামে মসজিদ Chittagong - Rangunia Hwy Pahartali

Overlooking a quiet stretch of the Chittagong to Rangunia Highway at Pahartali, the Pahartali Chowmuhani Jame Masjid serves the Muslim residents and the travelling public making their way through the Raozan upazila in the south eastern Bangladeshi division of Chittagong. Chittagong, the second largest city of Bangladesh, holds a long and celebrated place in the Islamic history of the subcontinent. It was visited by Arab merchants as early as the eighth century, and the shrines of saintly teachers such as Bayazid Bostami and Shah Amanat have drawn pilgrims for many generations to the hills above the port. Raozan is a lush green upazila of rolling hills, tea gardens, and sprawling paddy fields fed by the Karnaphuli and Halda rivers, and Pahartali, whose name means foot of the hill in Bengali, sits at one of the important crossroads of the region. Muslim communities along this route have maintained village mosques for many centuries, and each new generation of worshippers continues the example set by the Prophet's (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) guidance that congregational prayer is worth twenty seven times the reward of praying alone. The building itself follows the green and white colour scheme that has become familiar across Bangladeshi roadside mosques. A whitewashed exterior, a small central dome with three matching subsidiary domes above the prayer hall, a single slender minaret rising to around twenty metres, and carved wooden doors welcome worshippers entering from the highway. Inside, ceiling fans spin above neat rows of patterned carpets, and a modest mihrab points westward across the Bay of Bengal toward the holy precincts of Makkah. Reliable daily prayer times for Pahartali Chowmuhani Jame Masjid at Raozan in Chittagong, the address, a location map, and practical notes are provided on this page for highway travellers, lorry drivers taking their midday break, and residents of the neighbouring villages. Chittagong is known for the port, the ancient Patenga beach, the historic World War Two cemetery, and the cool hill towns of Rangamati and Bandarban further inland. After Jumu'ah, worshippers at this roadside mosque often enjoy plates of biryani and sweet shemai prepared by volunteer families, carrying the warm hospitality of Bengali Muslims into every greeting exchanged beneath the lush green ridges that frame the highway.