JAMA MASJID - Place to visit in Delhi (INDIA)
JAMA MASJID
It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan between
1644 and 1656 at a cost of 1 million rupees, and was inaugurated by an imam from Bukhara,
present-day Uzbekistan. The mosque was completed in 1656 AD with three
great gates, four towers and two 40 m high minarets constructed
of strips of red sandstone and white marble.
The courtyard can accommodate more than 25,000 persons. There are three domes
on the terrace which are surrounded by the two minarets. On the floor, a total
of 899 black borders are marked for worshippers. The architectural plan
of Badshahi Masjid, built by Shah Jahan's
son Aurangzeb at Lahore,
Pakistan, is similar to the Jama Masjid.The mosque has been the site of two attacks, one in 2006 and another in
2010. During the first, two explosions occurred in the
mosque, injuring thirteen people. In the second, two Taiwanese students were
injured as two gunmen opened fire upon them.
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