The Hooghly Imambara is a Twelver Shia Islam congregation hall and mosque, located in Hugli-Chinsura, in the state of West Bengal, India.[ Haji Mohammed Mohsin Waqf Estate] The construction of the building was started by Muhammad Mohsin in 1841 and completed in 1861.
Clock
The Hooghly Imambara is famous for its vaunted
clock.
It is at the middle of the twin towers constructed on the doorway of the main entrance. Each tower, is approximately high, with 152 steps to reach to its top. The clock has two dials with three bells that weigh 80 mds, 40 mds and 30 mds. Smaller bells ring at an interval of 15 minutes and larger bell rings to signify one hour. The clock requires two people to wind it for half an hour of each week, with a key that weighs . The clock was bought for Rs. 11,721 (in 1852) by Syed Keramat Ali from the manufacturer: M/s Black & Hurray Co., Big Ben,
London.
Accessibility
People who come from
Kolkata typically to take a train to Naihati Junction railway station, and then they catch the
Bandel local train to the Hooghly Ghat station. From there, the Imambara is a short walking distance. There are rickshaws and autos to ferry visitors to the Imambara from the station.
An alternative is to access the Imambara via Howrah railway station and access the straight trains (local EMUs), which are more frequent and less crowded, to Bandel. From the Hooghly railway station, autos, totos, and rickshaws provide easy access to the Imambara.
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See also
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Shia Islam in India
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List of mosques in India
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