Nakhoda Mosque
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| Nakhoda Mosque | |
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নাখোদা মসজিদ | |
 The mosque at night, in 2014 | |
  Location of the mosque in Kolkata | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Sunni Islam |
| Sect | Hanafi school |
| Mosque | |
| Status | Active |
| Location | |
| Location | Kolkata, West Bengal |
| Country | India |
| Coordinates | 22°34′35″N 88°21′21″E / 22.57639°N 88.35583°E |
| Architecture | |
| Architect | Cutchi Memon Jamat |
| Type | Mosque architecture |
| Style | |
| Founder | Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah |
| Completed | 1926 |
Construction cost | ₹1,500,000 |
| Specifications | |
Direction of façade | West |
| Capacity | 10,000 worshipers |
| Dome | Three |
| Minaret | 27 |
Minaret height | 46 m (151 ft) (highest) |
| Website | |
| nakhodamasjid | |
The Nakhoda Masjid is a Sunni mosque, located in Kolkata, in the state of West Bengal, India. The mosque is situated in the Chitpur area of the Burrabazar business district in Central Kolkata, at the intersection of Zakaria Street and Rabindra Sarani. Completed in 1926, it is the principal mosque for Kolkata and it is affiliated with the Hanafi school.
Architecture
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The mosque was built as an imitation of the mausoleum of Mughal emperor Akbar at Sikandra, Agra by Kutchi Memon Jamat, a small Sunni community from Kutch.[1][2][3][4]
With a capacity of 10,000 worshippers in the mosque's prayer hall, the Nakhoda Mosque is the largest mosque in West Bengal and eastern India. Before 1854 there used to be two different mosques at the present site. The mosque was named Nakhoda meaning mariner.[2][5]
Reconstruction work started in 1926 and was completed in 1935. All[citation needed] the prominent Cutchi memons of Calcutta contributed for the new mosque, and Abdul Rahim Osman was the biggest donor. The total cost incurred for the construction was 1,500,000 Indian rupees in 1926. The contract for rebuilding the musjid was given to Mackintosh Burn & Co., a British engineering company.
The mosque has three domes and two minarets which are 46 metres (151 ft) high. There are an additional 25 smaller minarets which range from 30 to 36 metres (100 to 117 ft) high.
The gateway is an ersatz of the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri. For this purpose granite stones were brought from Tolepur.
Gallery
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Distance view
Closeup view of the entrance
Another view
Side entrance
Ablution pool
Ablution pool
See also
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Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Indo-British Review. Vol. 22. Indo-British Historical Society. 1996.
- 1 2 Bach, Brian Paul (2006). Calcutta's edifice: the buildings of a great city.
- ↑ The Book review. Vol. 25.
- ↑ Urban roots of Indian nationalism: pressure groups and conflict of interests in Calcutta City politics, 1875-1939.
- ↑ Calcutta 200 years: a Tollygunge Club perspective. 1981.
External links
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- Official website
- Photos tagged with "nakhoda" at Flickr
- Satellite picture by Google Maps
- Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts image of Nakhoda
