Hooghly Imambara

Imambara Courtyard

Hooghly Imambara is a mosque cum imambarah administered by shiah astna-ashari sect of Muslims, in Hooghly, West Bengal.^[1] The construction of the building was started by Muhammad Mohsin in 1841, which completed in 1861.^[2] The building is a two storied structure, which a tall clock tower over the entrance gate.^[1] The mosque within the complex has intricate designs and texts from Quran engraved on the wall. The interior of the mosque is decorated with marbles, candles and hanging lanterns.

Gallery

The outside facade
Clock Tower
Bell inside the clock tower

References

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1 2 Mukherjee, Sreecheta (2011). "Hazi Muhammad Mohsin’s Hooghly Imambara: a Tale of Diminishing Glory" (PDF). Chitrolekha International Magazine on Art and Design 1 (3). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
↑ "Next weekend you can be at ... Hooghly". The Telegraph. 26 February 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2013.

Mosques/ Muslim Religious Centres in West Bengal

Mosques/Religious centre	Adina Mosque Bari Mosque, Pandua Furfura Sharif Hooghly Imambara Khustigiri Nakhoda Masjid Patharchapuri Kherur Mosque, Sagardighi Rajnagar Tipu Sultan Mosque Maniktala Haqqani Masjid of Haqqani Anjuman

See also	Mosques in Kolkata

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