Jama Mosque, Lucknow
Jama Mosque | |
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![]() The grand and large mosque, in 2013 | |
Religion | |
Affiliation | Shia Islam |
Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Friday mosque |
Status | Active |
Location | |
Location | Husainabad, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
Country | India |
Location of the mosque in Uttar Pradesh | |
Geographic coordinates | 26°52′21″N 80°54′04″E / 26.87259°N 80.90101°E |
Architecture | |
Type | Mosque architecture |
Style | |
Founder |
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Groundbreaking | 1839 CE |
Completed | 1845 CE[a] |
Specifications | |
Dome(s) | 3 |
Minaret(s) | 4 (incl. 2 incomplete) |
Materials | Lakhauri bricks; lime mortar; stucco |
Official name | Jama Masjid near Hussainabad |
Reference no. | N-UP-L277 |
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The Jama Mosque, also known as the Jama Masjid, is a Shi'ite Friday mosque located in the area of Husainabad, Lucknow, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The construction of the mosque started in 1839 CE by Muhammad Ali Shah, third Badshah of Awadh with the intention to surpass the Jama Masjid in Delhi in size. It was incomplete at the time of his death, and the mosque was completed by his wife, Queen Malika Jahan Sahiba, in 1845 CE,[1] although not all planned elements were completed.
The mosque is a Monuments of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India.[2]
Architecture
[edit]Built with "Lakhauri" bricks and plastered with lime, it is decorated with coloured stucco motifs. Standing on a square lofty terrace, it has a rectangular prayer hall, on the west with a magnificent façade of eleven arches. The central one is higher and provided with an unusually high doorway which rises above the roof in a sharply pointed arch decorated in coloured stucco.
The prayer hall is surmounted by three pear-shaped high double domes decorated with an inverted lotus on the top and is also flanked by two octagonal four-storeyed tapering minarets on either side, crowned by "Chhatries" on the top. An imambara, known as Imambara Malika Jahan, is also situated at the south of the mosque.
Gallery
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The mosque façade in 2010
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Close up detail in 2010
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Mosque interior
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Rooftop detail
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ However, never fully completed to initial designs.
References
[edit]- ^ "Places to Visit in Lucknow". www.arvholidays.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
- ^ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Lucknow". Archaeological Survey of India. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
External links
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- 19th-century mosques in India
- Buildings and structures in Lucknow
- Grand mosques
- Indo-Islamic mosques
- Monuments of National Importance in Uttar Pradesh
- Mosque buildings with domes in India
- Mosque buildings with minarets in India
- Mosques completed in the 1840s
- Mosques in Uttar Pradesh
- Mughal mosques
- Religious buildings and structures completed in 1845
- Shia mosques in India
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