Jama Mosque, Lucknow

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Jama Mosque
Jama Masjid (mosque).jpg
The grand and large mosque, in 2013
Religion
Affiliation Shia Islam
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Friday mosque
StatusActive
Location
Location Husainabad, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
India Uttar Pradesh relief map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of the mosque in Uttar Pradesh
Geographic coordinates 26°52′21″N80°54′04″E / 26.87259°N 80.90101°E / 26.87259; 80.90101
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style
Founder
Groundbreaking1839 CE
Completed1845 CE [a]
Specifications
Dome(s)3
Minaret(s)4 (incl. 2 incomplete)
Materials Lakhauri bricks; lime mortar; stucco
Official nameJama Masjid near Hussainabad
Reference no.N-UP-L277

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.

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The mosque is a Monuments of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India. [2]

Architecture

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.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ However, never fully completed to initial designs.

References

  1. ↑ "Places to Visit in Lucknow". www.arvholidays.com. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  2. ↑ "List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Lucknow". Archaeological Survey of India . Retrieved 19 November 2016.


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