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This is a list of mosques and eidgahs in West Bengal.
Mosques edit
Malda Division edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Adina Mosque | Hazrat Pandua, Gazole, Malda district | 1375 | Royal mosque of Sikandar Shah, second Sultan of Bengal. Formerly South Asia's largest mosque. | |
Qutub Shahi Mosque | Hazrat Pandua, Gazole, Malda district | 1583 | Built by a descendant of Nur Qutb Alam | |
Salepur Jame Mosque | Salepur, North Dariapur, Kaliachak I, Malda district | 19th century | ||
Sattari Jame Mosque | Sattari, Binodpur Gram Panchayat, English Bazar, Dakshin Dinajpur district |
Gaur edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Chamkatti Mosque | Gaur (Chalispara, English Bazar, Malda district) | 1475 | Named after the Chamkatti community | |
Chika Mosque | Southeastern Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) | 15th century | Also known as Chamkan Mosque and Chika Bhaban | |
Gunmant Mosque | Gaur (Mahdipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) | 1484 | Established during the reign of Sultan Jalaluddin Fateh Shah | |
Lattan Mosque | Gaur (Mahdipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) | Late 15th century | Hussain Shahi era | |
Baroduari Mosque | Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) | 1526 | Completed by Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah, also known as Bara Sona Masjid (Great Golden Mosque) | |
Qadam Rasul Mosque | Gaur (Mahadipur Panchayat, English Bazar, Malda district) | 1530-31 | Established by Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah | |
Tantipara Mosque | Between the Lattan mosque on the south and the Chhota Sagardighi on the north | 1480 | Completed by Mirsad Khan under the instruction of Sultan Shamsuddin Yusuf Shah |
Murshidabad district edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Chawk Masjid | Murshidabad | 1767 | Established by Munni Begum, wife of the Nawab of Bengal Mir Jafar | |
Fauti Mosque | Murshidabad | 1740 | Established by Nawab Sarfaraz Khan | |
Kherur Mosque | Kherur, Sagardighi, Murshidabad district | 1494-1495 | Completed by Rafat Khan during the reign of Sultan Alauddin Husain Shah | |
Motijhil Jama Mosque | Motijhil, Murshidabad | 1749-1750 | Established by Nawazish Muhammad Khan. Popularly called the Kala Masjid (Black Mosque) | |
Katra Masjid | Northeastern Murshidabad | 1725 | Constructed by Murad Farash Khan on the request of Murshid Quli Khan, the first Nawab of Bengal. | |
Old Madina Mosque | Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad | 18th century | Established by Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah | |
Zurud Mosque | Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad | 18th century | Also known as the Yellow Mosque | |
Safaid Mosque | Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad | 18th century | Also known as the White Mosque or Shada Mosque | |
Roshnibagh Mosque | Roshni Bagh, Murshidabad | 18th century | ||
Khoshbagh Mosque | Khosh Bagh, Murshidabad | 18th century | ||
Nizamat Imambara | Nizamat Fort, Murshidabad | 18th century | Shia congregation hall |
Medinipur Division edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Jama Masjid Belda | Belda, Narayangarh, Kharagpur, Paschim Medinipur district |
Burdwan division edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Furfura Mosque | Jangipara, Srirampore, Hooghly district | 1659-1660 | Established by Mustafa Madani | |
Baratajpur Bara Mosque | Bara Tajpur, Begampur, Srirampore, Hooghly district | |||
Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque | Adi Saptagram, Satgaon, Hooghly district | 1529 | Established by Syed Jamaluddin ibn Fakhruddin of Amol | |
Zafar Khan Ghazi Mosque | Tribeni, Bansberia, Hooghly district | 1298 | ||
Bari Mosque | Chhota Pandua, Chinsurah, Hooghly district | Delhi Sultanate era | Also known as the Bais Darwaza Mosque | |
Motichur Mosque | Rajnagar, Birbhum, Suri Sadar, Birbhum district | |||
Katwa Shahi Mosque | Baganpara, Katwa, Purba Bardhaman district | 1757 | ||
Dargahi Para Mosque | Dargahi Para, Hirapur, Khanakul II, Arambag, Hooghly district | |||
Basubati Dargah Sharif | Foqir Bari, Basubati, Singur, Chandannagore, Hooghly district | Contains mazar of Syed Shah Khwajah Naziful Islam Husayni Chishti | ||
Hooghly Imambara | Bara Tajpur, Begampur, Srirampore, Hooghly district | 1861 | Shia Twelver mosque established by Muhammad Mohsin |
Jalpaiguri division edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Dinhata Town Jame Mosque | Dinhata, Cooch Behar district |
Presidency division edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Nakhoda Masjid | Chitpur, Burrabazar, Kolkata | 1926 | Funded by Abdur Rahim Uthman, a Kutchi Memon shipping prince | |
Tipu Sultan Mosque | 185 Dharmatala, Kolkata | 1842 | Built by Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib, son of Tipu Sultan | |
Hooghly River Mosque | Hooghly River near Kolkata |
Nadia district edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Kazipara Mosque | Panchnur, Chakdaha, Kalyani, Nadia district | 16th century | Birthplace of I'tisam-ud-Din | |
Nokari Old Mosque | Nokari, Ranaghat II, Ranaghat, Nadia district | |||
High Street Big Mosque | Krishnanagar, Nadia district | |||
Rakhalgachi Mosque | Rakhalgachhi, Bangaon subdivision, Nadia district | |||
Panchpota Jame Mosque | Panchpota, Ranaghat subdivision, Nadia district |
North 24 Parganas district edit
Name | Image | Location | Year | Remarks |
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Jhuruli Mosque | Jhuruli, Basirhat II, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district | |||
Bangla Jame Mosque | Barrackpore Trunk Road, Titagarh, Greater Kolkata, North 24 Parganas district | |||
Qadambagchi Purbapara Mosque | East Kadambagachi, Duttapukur, Barasat I, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district | |||
Pir Gorachand Mosque | Berachampa, Deganga, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district | Contains the mazar (mausoleum) of Syed Abbas Ali a.k.a. Pir Gorachand | ||
Lal Masjid | Berachampa, Deganga, Barasat Sadar subdivision, North 24 Parganas district | Ruins of a mosque | ||
South Maleyapur Pirsthan Jame Masjid | Berachampa-Baduria Road, Baduria, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district | 2013 | ||
Golabari Jame Masjid | Taki Road, Basirhat subdivision, North 24 Parganas district |