Nakhoda Mosque
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.Photo: DeepanjanGhosh, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Abhijitdas1289, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in India
- Also known as: “Nakhoda Masjid”
Photo: Sammya Brata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Howrah Station and Howrah Bridge.
Howrah Station
Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata, which not only connects the city to the rest of India, but also acts as a major stopover to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.
Howrah Bridge
Photo: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata. Howrah Bridge is situated 1¼ km northwest of Nakhoda Mosque.
Magen David Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.
Magen David Synagogue is located at the junction of Brabourne Road and Canning Street in Kolkata. Magen David is the second operating synagogue in Kolkata, the other is the Beth El Synagogue at Pollock Street. Magen David Synagogue is situated 430 metres west of Nakhoda Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jorasanko and BBD Bagh.
Jorasanko
Suburb
Photo: P.K.Niyogi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Jorasanko is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. It is so called because of the two wooden or bamboo bridges that spanned a small stream at this point.
BBD Bagh
Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.
BBD Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the precinct takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.
Bowbazar
Suburb
Bowbazar, also spelt Boubazar; formerly known as Bahubazar) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Nakhoda Mosque
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Kolkata, West Bengal, Eastern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
22.57761° or 22° 34′ 39″ northLongitude
88.3561° or 88° 21′ 22″ eastOpen location code
7MJCH9H4+2COpenStreetMap ID
way 325837615OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q12062296
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Nakhoda Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “مسجد ناخودا”
- Bengali: “নাখোদা মসজিদ”
- Chinese: “纳克霍达清真寺”
- Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد ناخودا”
- French: “mosquée de Nakhoda”
- French: “Mosquée de Nakhoda”
- Ga: “Nakhoda Masjid”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Nakhoda Masjid”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Nakhoda Mosque”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Nakhoda”
- Hindi: “नाख़ुदा मस्जिद”
- Japanese: “ナコダ・モスク”
- Persian: “مسجد ناخدا”
- Santali: “ᱱᱟᱠᱷᱚᱫᱟ ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ”
- Sindhi: “ناخدا مسجد”
- Twi: “Nakhoda Masjid”
- Urdu: “ناخدا مسجد”
- Western Panjabi: “ناخدا مسجد”
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