Katra Masjid
Murshid Quli Khan is buried under the steps.
- Where
- Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.1848, 88.2880
Get the Katra Masjid stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Katra Masjid. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your West Bengal volume with your photos and a note.
Near Katra Masjid
Hazarduari Palace 2.0 km
A thousand doors, nine hundred of them false.
Motijhil 2.8 km
A horseshoe shaped lake at Murshidabad, long known as the Company's lake.
Karnasuvarna 20 km
The capital of Shashanka, king of Gauda, now mounds and a monastery under excavation.
Tarapith 50 km
Bamakhepa's seat, and the cremation ground behind.
Maluti Temples 61 km
Seventy two terracotta temples left of an original one hundred and eight, in a village of a few hundred people.
Farakka Barrage 78 km
A barrage across the Ganga in Murshidabad, built through the 1960s, eighteen kilometres short of the Bangladesh border.
Santiniketan 83 km
Tagore's school, inscribed in 2023.
Mayapur 85 km
The birthplace of Chaitanya on the Ganga, and the international headquarters of the Hare Krishna movement.
More national monuments in West Bengal
Questions
Where is Katra Masjid?
Katra Masjid is in Murshidabad, West Bengal. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Hazarduari Palace (2.0 km), Motijhil (2.8 km), Karnasuvarna (20 km).
How do I get the Katra Masjid stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Katra Masjid and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your West Bengal volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Katra Masjid before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your West Bengal volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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