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Kali Temple In Kolkata |
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The Kali Temple is 6 km south of Sudder Street is dedicated to Kali the patron goddess of kolkata. Kali means "black". The tongue of the deity of Kali drips with blood and she wears a garland of skulls. Kali is the destructive side of Lord Siva’s consort, Parvati. The present temple was built in 1809 on the site of a much older temple. |
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Nakhoda Mosque In Kolkata |
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Nakhoda Mosque is located in Jacquaria Street, near the junction of Chitpore Road and Mahatma Gandhi Road in Kolkata. Nakhoda Mosque of Kolkata in the beginning was a small mosque. It was as late in 1926, when resident of Kutch, Abdar Rahim Osman built the present structure. Nakhoda Mosque of Kolkata is the biggest of its kind in Kolkata. It was constructed following the style of Akbar's tomb at Sikandra which is a piece of Indo Saracenic architecture. |
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Bandel Church In Kolkata |
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Bandel, famous for its oldest church is around 43 km from Kolkata. The Portuguese Basilica was built in 1660 by Gomez de Soto. The Bandel Church was among the first public buildings to be erected by the East India Company after Kolkata became the effective capital of British India. |
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Imambara At Hooghly In Kolkata |
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Hanseswari Temple In Hoogly Kolkata |
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The Hanseswari temple stands further to the east and is the largest of the three. It was completed in 1814 -15 after 15 years work several Benares masons were employed and the roof is of the Benares style. It has 13 cupolas eight over the verandahs and their corners then four higher cupolas in the middle and lastly a central tower (the tallest) rising 60 to 70 feet high. On the ground floor is the shrine with a verandah on each side divided into rooms. |
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