Nakhoda Mosque

De Nakhoda Musjid be de principal mosque of Kolkata, India, insyd de Chitpur area of de Burrabazar business district insyd Central Kolkata, for de intersection of Zakaria Street den Rabindra Sarani. Construction Na dem build de mosque as an imitation of de mausoleum of Mughal Emperor Akbar for Sikandra, Agra by Kutchi Memon Jamat, a small community of Sunni Muslim community from Kutch. De Nakhoda Musjid be de largest Muslim Mosque insyd West Bengal den eastern India get a long history. Before 1854 na der use to be two different mosques for de present site. Haji Zakariah wey na he be (Kutchi) Cutchi Memon merchant den business tycoon insyd those days na he be a regular musallee (devotee). Na de Cutchi Memon be a Muslim community wey cam to Calcutta round 1823 dey go. Na Haji Zakaria be de leader of oda Sunni Muslim community wey inhabit de surrounding areas of de present musjid. Na dem name de mosque Nakhoda wey dy mean Mariner. Na reconstruction work start insyd 1926 wey na dem plete am insyd 1935.Na all de prominent Cutchi memons of Calcutta contribute for de new mosque buh na Abdul Rahim Osman be de biggest donor.Na de total cost dem incur for de construction be 1,500,000 Indian rupees insyd 1926. Na dem give de contract for rebuilding de musjid to Mackintosh Burn & Co., a British engineering company. Architecture den specifications De mosque ein prayer hall get a capacity of 10,000. De masjid get three domes den two minarets wich be 151 feet high. Der be an additional 25 smaller minarets wich dey range from 100 feet to 117 feet high. De gateway be an ersatz of de Buland Darwaza for Fatehpur Sikri. For dis purpose na dem bring granite stones from Tolepur. Insyd be a superb exhibition of exquisite ornamentation den artistic extravaganza. Gallery References External links Official website Photos tagged with "nakhoda" at Flickr Satellite picture by Google Maps Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts image of Nakhoda