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Mosques In Kolkata
Mosques in Kolkata refers to mosques in the city of Kolkata (earlier known as Calcutta), in India. Kolkata is the capital city of West Bengal, a state in the eastern part of India. The city is more than 300 years old (as Kolkata) and was the capital of British India till early 1911. Kolkata hosts many churches, temples and mosques, along with other religious places. Muslims have been settling in Calcutta since the early 19th century, but the pace was accelerated from the 1860s onwards, mainly due to the harsh economic conditions in Bihar and the United Provinces of Agra and Oudh. There are nearly 450 mosques (known as ''masjid'' in Urdu and Bengali) in Kolkata (from Ward 1 to Ward 141). Density is highest in the wards in the central part of the city, where the density of the Muslim population is higher. ''The most famous is the::'' # Basri Shah Mosque, on 8 Sett Pukur Road, which was built in 1804. It is the oldest mosque of Kolkata. #Nakhoda Masjid, on Zakariya Street and Rab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosques
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche ('' mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), ablution facilities. The pulpit ('' minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have segregated spaces for men a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Circus
Park Circus is a neighbourhood of Central-South Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Geography Police district Karaya police station is in the South-east division of Kolkata Police. Karaya Women police station, at the same address, has jurisdiction over all police districts under the jurisdiction of South East Division i.e. Topsia, Beniapukur, Ballygunge, Gariahat, Lake, Karaya, Rabindra Sarobar and Tiljala. Location Park Circus is flanked by Entally and Sealdah to its north, Park Street and Chowringhee to its west, Taltala to its north west, Tangra to its north east, Topsia to its east and Ballygunge to its south. It is connected to both Park Street and AJC Bose Road. Landmarks It is notable for the following landmarks: * 7-Point Crossing: One of the major crossings of Kolkata connecting Park Street, Kasai Para Lane/Kimber Street, Suhrawardy Avenue, Parama Island Flyover (Maa Flyover) and New Park Street/JBS Haldane Avenue, AJC Bose Road Flyover a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mosques In West Bengal
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers (sujud) are performed, including outdoor courtyards. The first mosques were simple places of prayer for Muslims, and may have been open spaces rather than buildings. In the first stage of Islamic architecture, 650-750 CE, early mosques comprised open and closed covered spaces enclosed by walls, often with minarets from which calls to prayer were issued. Mosque buildings typically contain an ornamental niche (''mihrab'') set into the wall that indicates the direction of Mecca (''qiblah''), ablution facilities. The pulpit (''minbar''), from which the Friday (jumu'ah) sermon (''khutba'') is delivered, was in earlier times characteristic of the central city mosque, but has since become common in smaller mosques. Mosques typically have segregated spaces for men and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Entally
Entally (also spelt Entali) is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It was considered close to the area which was home to the poor and the depressed castes.Nair, P. Thankappan in ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, pp. 15-18, Oxford University Press, . Mother Teresa started her activities in Entally.''Mother Teresa'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. II, p. 81 History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these, five lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as ''Dihi Panchannagram'' an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Street, Kolkata
Park Street, is a famous thoroughfare in downtown Calcutta, India. In Bengali, it oftenly referred as Shaheb -er Para or the “neighbourhood of Englishmen”.The street runs through what was a deer park of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta from 1773 to 1789, hence the earlier name. It's located in central part of Calcutta. History Documented records of the throughfare can be traced back to 1760, when Kolkata (then Calcutta) was the capital of the British Empire in India. Since 1760, the street has been through several name changes. Previous names include 'Ghorustan ka Rasta', Vansittart Avenue and Burial Ground Road. Some 250 years ago, Park Street was known as Burial Ground Road and was not a preferred choice of residence, as there were a number of cemeteries in this area, the South Park Street Cemetery, opposite to it was the North Park Street Cemetery (now replaced by a school). Further west, there were two smaller cemeteries, one French a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maniktala
Maniktala is a residential area of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. Etymology The tomb of Manik Pir is located in lane near Maniktala crossing. Some people say, the neighbourhood is named after Manik Pir. Others say, Manik pir (erst: Syed Husen Ud din shah) came from North India on early eighteenth century. But Maniktala, this name is also mentioned in a map of 1784. They say, the bodyguard of Nawab of Bengal Alivardi Khan, Manikchand Bose (erst : Manikram Bose) lived in this place as the caretaker of Calcutta (Ali Nagar) around from 1756. He was a wise, Compassionate man. That's why he was so popular to all people. From Manikchand this area is called Maniktala. History In 1889, the suburbs of old Calcutta were grouped in four municipalities. Maniktala formed the East Suburban Municipality. In the same year, Maniktala, Ultadanga and Beliaghata became 'fringe area wards' of Kolkata Municipal Corporation. The Calcutta Municipal Act of 1923 brought about ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maulana Sufi Mufti Azangachhi Shaheb
Sufi Mufti Azangachi Saheb ( bn, আজানগাছী সাহেব, ar, ; 1828 – 19 December 1932) was a Bengali Sufi saint who founded the Haqqani Anjuman, a non-governmental Sufi organisation. Haqqani Anjuman established by "Hazrat Maulana" Sufi Mufti Azangachi is a non profit sufi organization. Sufi Azangachi established this darbar by claiming the Muslims of this world who are mislead by current ulema and mufits about the true Islam. Haqqani Anjuman of Sufi Azangachi upholds the true spirit of Islam by preaching the exact "teachings of Allah" which Muhammad preached. Biography He was born in 1828 to a Bengali Muslim family in the village of Azangachhi, Howrah District. His father, Raqibuddin Ahmad Faruqi, was a local mufti. The Saheb died on 19 December 1932 in the Bagmari area of Calcutta Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, the official name until 2001) is the Capital city, capital of the Indian States an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murshid
''Murshid'' ( ar, مرشد) is Arabic for "guide" or "teacher", derived from the root ''r-sh-d'', with the basic meaning of having integrity, being sensible, mature. Particularly in Sufism it refers to a spiritual guide. The term is frequently used in Sufi orders such as the Naqshbandiyya, Qādiriyya, Chishtiya, Shadhiliya and Suhrawardiyya. The path of Sufism starts when a student (Murid) takes an oath of allegiance or ''Bay'ah'' (''bai'ath'') with a spiritual guide (''murshid''). In speaking of this initiatory pact of allegiance, the Qur’ān (48:10) says: ''Verily they who pledge unto thee their allegiance pledge it unto none but God. The Hand of God is above their hands''.Cf. Martin Lings, ''What is Sufism'', Islamic Texts Society, Cambridge, p. 125. The murshid's role is to spiritually guide and verbally instruct the disciple on the Sufi path, but "only one who has himself reached the End of the path is a spiritual guide in the full sense of the Arabic term ''murshid''". A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haqqani Anjuman
Haqqani Anjuman (Hindi: हक़्क़ानी अंजुमन; Bengali:হাক্কানী আঞ্জুমান ; Urdu:حقانی انجمن ; Tamil : ஹக்கானி அஞ்சுமான் ; Telugu : హక్కాని అంజుమన్ ; Gujrati : હક્કાની અંજુમન ; Russian : Хаккани Анджуман ; Chinese : 哈卡尼安朱曼 Kannada : ಹಕ್ಕಾನಿ ಅಂಜುಮನ್ ; Malayalam: ഹഖാനി അൻജുമൻ) established in 1876 by Maulana Sufi Mufti Azangachhi Shaheb, is an Islamic non-governmental organisation in Bangladesh with head office in Bagmari, Kolkata, West Bengal, in India. The organisation is influenced by Sufism and is associated with social work. The literal meaning of Haqqani Anjuman is ''the organization of truth''. See also * Sufism in India * Spiritual practice References External links Greeting Messagesby President of Bangladesh Zillur Rahman Mohammed Zillur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haqqani Masjid
Haqqani or Haqani may refer to: Things * Haqqani Anjuman, an organisation in Bangladesh * Haqqani network, an insurgent group in Afghanistan and Pakistan * Haghani Circle (also Haqqani), a Shi'i school of thought (philosophy) * Naqshbandi-Haqqani Golden Chain, the lineage of a Sufi Naqshbandi religion order People * Abdul Fatah Haqqani (?–2011), Afghanistani who was held in the Bagram Internment Facility * Anas Haqqani, Afghan Taliban leader, commander and poet * Ezatullah Haqqani (born c. 1963), Taliban civil leader * Husain Haqqani (born 1956), Pakistani diplomat * Ibrahim Haqqani, prominent member of the Zadran tribe * Irshad Ahmed Haqqani (1928–2010), journalist from Pakistan * Jalaluddin Haqqani (1939–2018), Afghan military leader * Khalil Haqqani, senior member of the Haqqani network * Nazim Al-Haqqani (1922–2014), Turkish Cypriot Sufi and leader of the Naqshbandi-Haqqani Order * Sayeedur Rahman Haqani Maulavi Sayeedur Rahman Haqani () was a senior member of the T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metiabruz
Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is situated in the south-western part of Kolkata near the bank of the Hooghly River.Garden Reach , Clickindia.com It is located to the north-east of , the west of and the north of and . Localities within Garden Reach include |
Rajabazar (Kolkata)
Rajabazar is a locality in the city of Kolkata in West Bengal, India. It is located in between CIT Road and APC Road. The locality has grown around Narkeldanaga Main Road (now renamed as Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani), which acts as a connector between CIT Road and APC Road. Thus, Rajabazar can be said to be located between Maniktala, Narkeldanga and Sealdah. Rajabazar is in a prime location and Sealdah Railway Station is a stone's throw distance from Rajabazar crossing. All civic amenities, such as hospitals, colleges, schools, sanitation, malls, gyms, shopping complexes, cinema halls, mosques and temples are located in and around Rajabazar. Dr. B.C. Roy Children's Hospital is located at a distance of 2–3 km from Rajabazar. History The bazaar was established in about 1842 AD on the land owned by Raja Ramlochun Ray, a petty zamindar, by Muslim merchants, businessmen, butchers and cattle traders from Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, who had immigrated to Calcutta due to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
