Jama Masjid
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Jama Masjid also Jami Masjid, refers to the Friday Mosque, where Jummah or weekly Friday noon congregation prayers of Muslims take place. As a structure it may refer to the following mosques:
- Jama Masjid, MumbaiJama Masjid, MumbaiThe Jama Masjid is a mosque in the Kalbadevi neighborhood, near Crawford Market in the South Mumbai region of Mumbai, India.The Muslim community of Bombay possesses 89 mosques, of which 8 belong to the Bohras, 2 to the Khojas, one to the Mughals and the remainder to the Sunni Muslims.The most...
, 18th century mosque, Mumbai, India - Jama Masjid, DelhiJama Masjid, DelhiThe Masjid-i Jahān-Numā , commonly known as the Jama Masjid of Delhi, is the principal mosque of Old Delhi in India. Commissioned by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, builder of the Taj Mahal,in the year 1644 CE and completed in the year 1658 AD, it is the largest and best-known mosque in India...
, 17th century, principal mosque of Old Delhi, India, and one of the best known mosques in the country - Jama Masjid, SrinagarJama Masjid, SrinagarJamia Masjid is a mosque in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, Indian Administered Kashmir. The Jamia Masjid of Srinagar is situated at Nowhatta, in the middle of the old city. An important mosque in Srinagar, it was built by Sultan Sikandar in 1400 AD. Later, the son of Sultan Sikandar, Zain-ul-Abidin...
in Jammu & Kashmir - Jama Masjid, AgraJama Masjid, AgraJama Masjid in Agra is opposite the Agra fort and overlooking the Agra Fort Railway Station. The Jama Masjid is also popularly known as the Jami Masjid or "Friday Mosque". It is one of the larger mosques in India.-History:...
- Jama Masjid, Fatehpur SikriJama Masjid, Fatehpur SikriThe Jama Masjid in Fatehpur Sikri is a mosque in Agra, completed in 1571. Worship there is currently led by a Barelvi imam.-Architecture:The rectangular mosque comprises a central nave with a single dome, two colonnaded halls on either side, with two square chambers crowned with domes...
- Jama Masjid, Ahmedabad
- Jama Masjid, MathuraJama Masjid, MathuraJama Masjid of Mathura was completed by Abd-un-Nabi , governor of Aurangzeb in 1662 ....