📍 Heritage📍 Mosque📍 Archaeological

Katra Masjid

Murshidabad, West Bengal, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

The great caravanserai-mosque of 1725 where Nawab Murshid Quli Khan lies buried beneath the entrance stairs, in humility, trodden by visitors.

Why visit: Monumental Mughal-Bengal brickwork and a founder's remarkable grave.

Things to do

›Nawab's stairway tomb
›Corner minar climb views
›Old caravanserai cells

Heritage WalkPhotography

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Travel Information

Best time

Oct–Mar

Entry fee

₹15

Est. budget

₹100–300

Duration

1 hr

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