Tipu Sultan Mosque, Mosque in Dharamtalla Street, Kolkata, India
The Tipu Sultan Mosque is an Islamic prayer house on Dharamtalla Street in Ward No. 46, classified as a Grade I heritage building in Kolkata. The facade displays detailed stonework, while slender towers accent the side wings and rise above street level.
Prince Ghulam Mohammed commissioned the building in 1842 to honor the memory of his father, who had ruled in the Kingdom of Mysore. In the years following 1980, repairs became necessary after construction work on the metro led to damage in the foundation.
The prayer hall opens its doors during daily worship times, when believers gather from the surrounding streets and recitations echo through the arches. On Fridays, the courtyard fills with people arriving for the weekly prayer, then lingering on the steps or beneath the arcades to talk.
Those wishing to enter the interior should remove their shoes and make sure shoulders and knees are covered. Main prayer times fall in the early morning and afternoon, with fewer visitors arriving outside these hours.
The building carries the name of a ruler who never set foot in Bengal, as his family moved to Kolkata only after his death. The green paint on the walls was applied during later renovations and was not part of the original 19th century structure.
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