LUCK ATLAST HAS SMILED ON THE BHONSRI MOSQUE OF CHITPUR IN KOLKATA AFTER DECADES OF NEGLIGENCE. THIS MOSQUE, THE OLDEST OF KOLKATA WAS BUILT AT THE END OF 18th CENTURY BY DEWAN REZA KHAN , NAWAB OF CHITPUR IN THE MEMORY OF PIR BHONSRI SHAH WHOSE TOMB LIES IN A STONE THROWING DISTANCE FROM THE MOSQUE.THIS WAS UNDER MUCH NEGLIGENCE WHICH HAD DONE SEVERE DAMAGES TO THE TERRACOTTA ARTS IT ONCE HAD ON ITS WALL. NOW ONLY THE NAKED BRICK STRUCTURE HAS REMAINED WHICH IS STILL BEAUTIFUL. THE THREE DOMES ONCE ENTANGLED UNDER ROOTS OF BANYAN TREES HAVE ALREADY SEEN RENOVATION WHILE WORKS ON THE BODY OF THE MOSQUE HAVE JUST BEEN STARTED.
