Jami Masjid

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Jami Masjid

New Delhi, India 2006

 

The great mosque of "Old" Delhi is the largest in India, with a courtyard capable of holding 25,000 devotees.

 

It was built in 1644 and was the last in the series of architectural indulgences of Shah Jahan,
the Mughal emperor who also built the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort.

 

The highly decorative mosque has three great gateways, four towers and two 40 meter (135 feet) high minarets constructed of strips of red sandstone and white marble.

 

Gate # 3

 

gate grand stairway

 

minaret

 

 

 

during prayer

 

visitors

 

central pool for cleansing

 

minaret

 

at the entrance to the inner mosque chamber

 

minaret

 

central pondpond

 

devotees

 

the Grand Mosque

 

wall panel detail

 

prayer facing Mecca

 

where the Imam talks to the worshipers at Friday prayer

 

side area

 

gate as seen from the inner mosque

 

Muslim man

 

boy in prayer

 

view of courtyard

 

 

Man transcribing from the Koran

 

writing in Arabic

 

storage of prayer carpets

 

interior hall

 

women with their heads covered

 

young man seated on a carpet roll

 

wall of the mosque
Red Fort seen in Left Background

Photos of the Red Fort

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