Furfura Sharif (also known as Furfura, Phurphura, Furfura Darbar Sharif) is a village in Hooghly District, West Bengal.
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It is a holy place for Bengali Muslims.
Before the afternoon prayers, people queue up at the mazar (shrine) of Hazrat Abu Baqar Siddique (1846-1939), a prominent peer (holy person) of the town.
People say that this is the second most prominent mazar in the country after Ajmer Sharif in Rajasthan.