Mosques In India

Famous Mosques In India

There are famous mosques throughout the world, among which there are wonderful mosques situated in India, constructed and established at various points of time, some of them being famous mosques in India by virtue  of their architectural eminence, five of them are historically great.

Jama Masjid located at New Delhi, which was built in 1656 AD by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, the entire construction being done with white marble and sandstone,  architecturally having an unique combination of Hindu and Islamic styles, which is also known as Masjjid-I-Jahanuma, to mean that it is a mosque commanding the view of the world, with its courtyard having space to accommodate as many as 25000 devotees at a time, with three arched gateways and a wide staircase, is one of the famous mosques in India.

Cheraman Juma Masjd is another among famous mosques in India,  situated in Kodungalloor, Kerala, which is known to have been the first ever constructed mosques in India, around 629 AD, being unique  with a blend of traditional Kerala architecture and Arabian arts, with magnificent wood work, besides addition of brass lamps fitted to the structure, which is normally a Hindu practice, this is one of the famous mosques in India where Bakrid and Ramadan celebrations are held in a grand manner.

Dargah Sharif mosque at Ajmer, also referred as Holy Dargah gains importance because of it is considered as a sacred Muslim shrine in the country, people to go to this mosque include Hindus, upholding a tomb of Khwaja Moin-ud-din Chisti, who was a Sufi saint worked for the upliftment of poor and downtrodden in this country, based on this fact alone, people from all walks of life, without any discrimination out of caste, creed or religion, go to this Mosque to offer their Prayers and homage to this divine soul.

Haji Ali Mosque is another famous Indian mosque situated in Mumbai, in an island off the Worli coast, where people of other faiths too go for worship for their wish fulfillment, as many as 40000 pilgrims visiting the shrine on Thursdays and Fridays, this being one of the famous mosques in India built in 1631 by a Muslim merchant and saint, who sacrificed all his wealth before making a pilgrimage to Mecca.

Sheikh Salim Chishti is another among the five famous mosques in India, located at Fatehpur Sikri near Agra, is acquiring its importance because of the finest Mughal architecture with which it has been constructed, its tomb having been the spot where the Sufi saint Sheikh Salim Chishti  had been doing his meditation.

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