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Mumbai This jumma masjid most note worth of the 90 odd Mosques of Bombay is situated near Mahatma Jyoti Phula market (Crew frod Market ) a busy locality. The remarkable feature of more... Destination: Mumbai, India
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Ahmedabad Jama masjid constructed by the city's founder Sultan Ahmed Shah in 1423 AD. This large mosque deserves special mention for the highly effective manner in which Hindu and Muslim elements are mombined&nbs more... Destination: Ahmedabad, India
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Chanderi With imposing mimes and long areades, this is irortsibly the biggest mosque of the omt while Madhya Bharat state State. more... Destination: Chanderi, India
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Bhopal Gold spikes crown the minarets of this beautiful mosque. of this beaufiful mosque , built in 1837 AD by kudesia Begum. it is said that centuries earlier , a Queen of King Udayaditya paramank (1059 -80 AD a grandson of Raja Bhoja) . founded a temple here ninown as sabha MAnmdala&n more... Destination: Bhopal, India
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Lucknow Jama Masjid lies due west of the husainbad kmambara is a great mosque in the city constructed with two minarets and three domes the largest one in the middle. The Jama Masid was being by Muhammad Ali Shah in 1840 A.D. but completed after his death by his wife begum Malika Jahan. The governor of Avadh sir Medonalad got it repaired in 1901 A.D. the great mosque. more... Destination: Lucknow, India
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Mathura This mosque lies in the very heart of the city and was built by Abd-un-Nabir Khan the local Governor in 1661 A.D. on the ruins ofter Keshav Deo, temple dedicated to Lord Krishna, which was destroyed by Aurangzeb. This is the place where lorc; Krishna is believed to have been born in prison. The mosque is surrounded by four lofty minarets. These and other parts of the building were originally uerm more... Destination: Mathura, India
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Fatehpur Sikri Dominating the seena and occupying almost the highest point of the ridge, the great mosque Jama Masjid. is the principal building of fatehpur Sikri. It was built by Akbar and its design was compied from the mosque in Macca. According to the suggestion given by Sheikh Salim Chishti. It took five years to finish the work was however, completed in 1571-1572 A.D. more... Destination: Fatehpur Sikri, India
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Srinagar Built by sultan sikandar in 1398 A.D. the most "architectural" structure in the wooden style of kashmir is the Jama Masjid of Srinagar Sikandar came famous builder of mosques in many cases using the stones and other materials of the demolished temple structures. Among the mosques he built is the though hardly a literate, He surrounded himself with men of letters, chiefly from khor more... Destination: Srinagar, India
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Delhi It is situated about a Quarter mile from the Red fort on a rocky eminence, called Juajalpahar. It was the most famous mosque in the world and rivalled only by that Fatehpur Sikri. It is built of Red sand stone. Similar to the fort, it is 200 feet in length and 120 feet in width and the centre portion of the dome is 200 feet high and is flanked by two minars 130 feet high built in alternate vertic more... Destination: Delhi, India
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