Nakhoda Mosque, the largest in Kolkata, was built between 1926 and 1942. This impressive specimen of Indo-Saracenic architecture, modeled on Akbar's tomb at Sikandara near Agra, can accommodate a congregation of 10,000. The onion-shaped majestic dome is gaily painted and flanked by two beautiful minarets, each 46 meters high, and is surrounded by 25 smaller ones. The entrance door to the mosque is an imitation of the Buland Darwaza of Fatehpur Sikri. The mosque was built early in this century. Its interior is lavishly decorated with ornamental marble.