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JAMA MASJID
An architectural masterpiece
• And laid the foundation of shahjahanabad between 1638- 1648. After building the fortified city of
• Five thousand workers has made it in six years. Their fees was 1 pice per day. Total cost o the project was 1
• The chief cleric, Imam Bukhari, is the direct descendant of the Mullah who came from Bukhara to inaugurate
Southern gate
Northern gate
• Eastern gate is octagonal in plan.
At each of it front angle there is a octagonal pinnacle bearing a marble pavilion with a
marble dome.
• Its inner dimensions are 18.29X15.24m
height is 15.4m.
• It has one large opening with three arch
way. On adjacent sides.
• Projected balcony on the other side of the
gate is of Bengali influence.
• Southern and northern gates are
smaller in size. They are also
octagonal in plan but irregular.
At the central entrance to the mosque a grey sandstone pulpit for mukabbir.
• The basement wall 9.4m high and adorned with false arches to give it a stately
appearance.
IBADAT-KHANA
• To enter into the mosque eight stepped high maqsura
screen is present.
• Five arched openings on either side of the main
sanctuary or mosque hall.
• Area of the main mosque is comparatively less in
proportion. I.e.: 79.5X27.4m.
• The mosque also houses several relics in a closet of northeast corner, including a
copy of the Quran written on deer skin of those times.
CONCLUSION
Jama Masjid in Delhi mirrors a fascinating blend of white marble and red sandstone. It
is an imposing building, and its position and architecture have been carefully
considered so as to produce a pleasing effect and feeling of spacious elegance and
well-balanced proportion of parts & if we want to pass this cultural heritage to our
future generation then we must have to conserve it. After all it is the largest mosque in
our country.
Sources
• Wikipedia.com
• Archnet.com
• Google.co.in
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