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Basri Shah Mosque is a Sunni mosque , located in the Chitpur - Cossipore area of Kolkata , in the state of West Bengal , India . Completed in 1219 AH (1804/1805 CE ), it is the oldest mosque in Kolkata, and is situated at the junction of Panchanan Mukherjee Road and Sett Pukur Road. It is one of heritage sites listed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation . The mosque has three domes and four minarets. The mosque is affiliated with the Hanafi school of worship. There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or templates on this page, but the references will not show without a template or template (see the help page ).
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Mosque in Kolkata, India The Basri Shah Mosque is oldest mosque of Kolkata , India . It is situated in the Chitpur - Cossipore area of Kolkata district, at the junction of Panchanan Mukherjee Road and Sett Pukur Road. It is one of heritage sites listed by Kolkata Municipal Corporation. There are three domes and four minarets in the mosque. There are <ref group=note> tags on this page, but the references will not show without a template (see the help page ).
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oldest mosque of kolkata
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sunni mosque
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