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Modelled on Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, built by a wealthy Kutchi Memon trader, with a prayer hall for over 10,000 worshippers.
Kolkata's principal mosque, built by a wealthy Kutchi Memon trader and modelled on Emperor Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, with a prayer hall capable of holding over 10,000 worshippers.
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Its main temple was deliberately designed to blend Hindu, Christian and Islamic motifs in a single structure.
Rani Rashmoni spent eight years building this Kali temple, where the mystic Ramakrishna served as head priest.
Earthquakes damaged it in 1897 and again in 1934, and after the second, its tower and spire were rebuilt in a slightly different design.