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Name	Images	City	Year	G	Remarks
Cheraman Juma Masjid Cheraman Juma Masjid Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Methala, Kodungallur Taluk in the Indian state of Kerala. The Cheraman Masjid is said to be the very first mosque in India, built in 629 AD by Malik lbn Dinar. But, according to Nathan Katz, the accuracy of these claims is uncertain. It is believed that this...		Kodungallur Kodungallur Kodungallur is a municipality in Thrissur District, in the state of Kerala, India on the Malabar Coast. Kodungallur is located about 29 km northwest of Kochi city and 38 km Southwest of Thrissur, on National Highway 17 . Muziris the ancient seaport at the mouth of the Periyar River was...	629 A.D		First Mosque in India
Malik Dinar Mosque Malik Dinar Mosque Malik Dinar Mosque is a historical mosque in Kasargod district of Kerala state, south India. Over the years, Kasargod acquired the considerable importance as a centre of Islam on the west coast. It is the site of one of the mosques believed to have been founded by Malik Ibn Dinar...		Kasargode	648 A.D	U
Kazimar Big Mosque Kazimar Big Mosque Kazimar Periya Pallivasal or Kazimar Big Mosque is a famous mosque located at the heart of Madurai city, within 500 metres of the Periyar bus stand and within 1 kilometre South East of the Madurai Junction and 800 meters south west of the Meenakshi Temple...		Madurai Madurai Madurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...	13th century		Second Mosque in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
Aasfi Masjid Bara Imambara Bara Imambara is an imambara complex in Lucknow, India, built by Asaf-ud-daulah, Nawab of Lucknow, in 1784. It is also called the Asafi Imambara.Bara means big, and an imambara is a shrine built by Shia Muslims for the purpose of Azadari...		Lucknow Lucknow Lucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....	1784
Taj-ul-Masajid Taj-ul-Masajid Taj-ul-Masajid is a mosque situated in Bhopal, India. The mosque is also used as a madrasah during the day time.-History:...		Bhopal	1868
Babri Mosque Babri Mosque The Babri Mosque , was a mosque in Ayodhya, a city in the Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh, on Ramkot Hill . It was destroyed in 1992 when a political rally developed into a riot involving 150,000 people, despite a commitment to the Indian Supreme Court by the rally organisers that the mosque...		Ayodhya	1528	U
Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah (Madrasah khāṣah in the Kakrala District Budaun of Uttar Pradesh, India. The building was designed by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan. The building also contains the...		Kakrala Kakrala Kakrala is a city and municipal board in Badaun district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Kakrala had a population of 54,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kakrala has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%:...	1980	U	Built by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan
Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah (Madrasah khāṣah in the Kakrala District Budaun of Uttar Pradesh, India. The building was designed by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan. The building also contains the...		Kakrala Kakrala Kakrala is a city and municipal board in Badaun district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Kakrala had a population of 54,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kakrala has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%:...	1980	U	Built by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan
Charminar Charminar Charminar built in 1591 AD, is a landmark monument located in Hyderabad, India. The two words Char Minar of Urdu language are combined to which it is known as Charminar . These are four ornate minarets attached and supported by four grand arches, it has become the global icon of Hyderabad and is...		Hyderabad	1591	U	“Mosque Mosque A mosque is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word is likely to have entered the English language through French , from Portuguese , from Spanish , and from Berber , ultimately originating in — . The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration... of the four minaret Minaret A minaret مناره , sometimes مئذنه) is a distinctive architectural feature of Islamic mosques, generally a tall spire with an onion-shaped or conical crown, usually either free standing or taller than any associated support structure. The basic form of a minaret includes a base, shaft, and gallery.... s”
Old Jumma Masjid of Kilakarai Kilakarai -About:Kilakarai, Kilakkarai or Keelakarai is a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Kilakarai is an ancient coastal town and a port, located in the southern Tamil Nadu. It was a flourishing sea port and a gateway to places as far as Madurai till the early 20th...	http://www.google.co.in/imgres?imgurl=http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs194.snc4/38057_10150212453150461_636705460_13541015_7714559_n.jpg&imgrefurl=http://seasonsali.blogspot.com/2010/07/old-jummah-masjid-of-kilakarai.html&usg=__KiwRFOqGN6bbfVxbOkIw8WdQLCI=&h=540&w=720&sz=68&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=BBc_YL7StdoxfM:&tbnh=138&tbnw=180&ei=8ZBKTemqMMa3cIWK9dsL&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dold%2Bjumma%2Bmasjid%2Bof%2Bkilakarai%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DX%26biw%3D1346%26bih%3D592%26tbs%3Disch:1%26prmd%3Divns&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=512&vpy=77&dur=110&hovh=194&hovw=259&tx=169&ty=122&oei=2pBKTc3XHYrOrQeM8MimDg&esq=5&page=1&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:2,s:0old jumma masjid picture]	Kilakarai Kilakarai -About:Kilakarai, Kilakkarai or Keelakarai is a municipality in Ramanathapuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Kilakarai is an ancient coastal town and a port, located in the southern Tamil Nadu. It was a flourishing sea port and a gateway to places as far as Madurai till the early 20th... , Tamilnadu	1036	U	Another oldest mosque of India & Tamilnadu.Its also called Meen Kada Palli
Hazratbal Shrine Hazratbal Shrine The Hazratbal Shrine , is a Muslim shrine in Srinagar, Indian Administered Kashmir. It contains a relic believed by many Muslims of Kashmir to be a hair of the Islamic prophet Muhammad...		Srinagar Srinagar Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...		U
Jama Masjid Jama Masjid, Delhi The 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...		Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	1656	U
Jama Masjid Jama Masjid, Srinagar Jamia 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...		Srinagar Srinagar Srinagar is the summer seasonal capital of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated in Kashmir Valley and lies on the banks of the Jhelum River, a tributary of the Indus. It is one of the largest cities in India not to have a Hindu majority. The city is famous for its gardens, lakes and houseboats...	1400	U
Atala Masjid		Jaunpur Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.Jaunpur district is located to the northwest of the district of Varanasi in the eastern part of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. According to the 2001 census, Jaunpur district had a population...	1400	U
Mecca Masjid Mecca Masjid Makkah Masjid is one of the oldest mosques in Hyderabad, India, And it is one of the largest Mosques in India. Makkah Masjid is a listed heritage building in the old city of Hyderabad, close to the historic landmarks of Chowmahalla Palace and Laad Bazaar...		Hyderabad	1617-94	U	One of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India.
Moti Masjid		Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	1660	U
Sidi Saiyyed mosque Sidi Saiyyed mosque The Sidi Saiyyed Mosque, built in 1573, is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad. As attested by the marble stone tablet fixed on the wall of the mosque, it was built by Sidi Saeed an Abyssinian in the retinue of Bilal Jhajar Khan, general in the army of the last Sultan Shams-ud-Din Muzaffar...		Ahmedabad Ahmedabad Ahmedabad also known as Karnavati is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the former capital of Gujarat and is also the judicial capital of Gujarat as the Gujarat High Court has its seat in Ahmedabad...	1573	U
Mubarak Mosque		Qadian Qadian Qadian is a small town and a municipal council in Gurdaspur District, north-east of Amritsar, situated north-east of Batala city in the state of Punjab, India....	1883	AMJ
Jama Masjid Jama Masjid, Mumbai The 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...		Kalbadevi Kalbadevi Kalbadevi is an old neighbourhood in Mumbai , India. It is named after the Hindu Goddess of the same name. Postal code 400002. Kalbadevi area is one of the busiest areas during peak hours. The area has mostly traders in watches, bicycles, steel utensils, etc.Kalbadevi is within walking distance... (Mumbai Mumbai Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million... )	1802	U
Sir Syed Masjid Sir Syed Masjid Sir Syed Masjid is located in the heart of Aligarh Muslim University campus. Standing against the university's cricket ground, it poses a striking view for the onlookers. It is located inside Sir Syed Hall. The tomb of Sir Syed Ahmed Khan is also enclosed within the walls of the mosque...		Aligarh Aligarh Muslim University Aligarh Muslim University ,is a residential academic university, established in 1875 by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan as Mohammedan Angelo-Oriental College and later granted the status of Central University by an Act of the Indian Parliament in 1920...		U
Masjid-ul-Jamiah		Kilakarai, Tamilnadu .		Another oldest mosque of India & Tamilnadu.Its also called Kothba palli. Both Meen Kadai Palli & Kothba Palli located in Kilakrai
Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah Ziarat Shareef is a mosque with a madrasah (Madrasah khāṣah in the Kakrala District Budaun of Uttar Pradesh, India. The building was designed by Hazrat Shah Saqlain Miyan. The building also contains the...		Budaun Kakrala Kakrala is a city and municipal board in Badaun district in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.-Demographics: India census, Kakrala had a population of 54,000. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Kakrala has an average literacy rate of 43%, lower than the national average of 59.5%:...		U
Shia Jama Masjid		Delhi Delhi Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...	-	U
Tipu Sultan Mosque Tipu Sultan Mosque The Tipu Sultan Shahi Mosque is a famous mosque in Kolkata, India. Located at 185 Dhartamtalla Street, the mosque is a relic of architectural and cultural heritage...		Kolkata Kolkata Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...	1832	U

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AMJ	Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat Ahmadiyya Muslim Community The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is the larger of two communities that arose from the Ahmadiyya movement founded in 1889 in India by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad of Qadian . The original movement split into two factions soon after the death of the founder...
S	Sunni Bareilivies
U	Unknown group (or undetermineted)

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