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 Posted on: 26 July 2010

Interior of a Native Gentleman's Dwelling, Chandernagore - 1851.

A Hand-coloured print of the Imambara at Hooghly, from the Fiebig Collection: Views of Calcutta and Surrounding Districts, taken by Frederick Fiebig in 1851. Though the title calls this a 'native gentleman's dwelling, Chandernagore', it is a view of the Imambara at Hooghly. Imambara (houses of the Imam) is the term for a hall in which the Shia festival of Muharram is celebrated, in memory of the Shia martyrs Ali, Hussein and Hassan, and processional shrines are stored. The Imambara at Hooghly was built in 1837 by Karamat Ali, who was the local superintendent, with funds from Muhammad Mohsin, a Shia nobleman. It is large building with a central gateway flanked by two tall minarets, and a large courtyard with a tank in the centre. The walls are covered with Quranic verses.

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This place is not far from my home. I went there few times.

Chandan nagore !! Most of these classic buildings have been taken over by Jute mills I remember visiting one of our friends employed with some some jute mill .The buildings were classic... maintenance was beautiful/ green lawns and on the banks of river Hoogly .Huge rooms high ceiling,Huge bathrooms Ceramic Bath tubs .I was mesmerized and carried away by the architecture.

Piyal and Tazeen, has the courtyard been restored at this monument?

Mr.Rehmani I wish I knew which courtyard you are talking about.The building that I visited was exactly like the one above .The above pic shows restoration work ...and when I visited in 1985 ...where the steps end there where green lawns upto the banks of river hoogly..but it was not the Imambara that I visited they were the residential bulidings of the officers of jute mills.