List of mosques in India
This is a list of mosques in India. India has more than 300,000 active mosques a number which is more than most Islamic nations. Population wise India has the second largest Muslim population.[1]
Name | Images | City | Year | Denomination | Remarks |
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Cheraman Juma Masjid | Kodungallur | 629 AD (Possibly Foundation stone year by King Cheraman BUT Completed possibly 680-700AD by Malik Deenar who was a disciple of Hasan Basri who was born in 642AD) | SB | Mosque in India. | |
Malik Dinar Mosque | Kasaragod | 648 AD (more correct would be possibly 720-740AD(because Malik Deenar was a disciple of Hasan Basri who was born in 642AD) | SB | ||
Odathil Palli | Thalassery, Kerala | 1806 | SB | ||
Palaiya Jumma Palli | Kilakarai | 628–630 AD (this date may be correct because it was constructed by the Yemeni merchants of the pre-Islamic period (who accepted Islam before 628AD) in Pandiya kingdom ordered by Governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad) | SB | Oldest mosque in Tamil Nadu.It is also called as Meen Kada Palli or Old Jumma Palli. | |
Kazimar Big Mosque | Madurai | 1284 (13th century) | S | Second Mosque in Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest mosques following Sunni – Hanafi school and Fassi, Shadhili Sufi order. | |
Aasfi Masjid | Lucknow | 1784 | Shia | ||
Fatehpuri Masjid | Delhi | 17th Century | SB | Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad | |
Central mahallu jamaath | Muvattupuzha (Kerala) | 1927 | |||
Babri Mosque | Ayodhya | 1528 (demolished – 1992) | SB | ||
Taj-ul-Masajid | Bhopal | Completed 1971 | SB | Largest mosque in India Initiated by the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar | |
Ziarat Shareef | Kakrala | 1980 | SB | Built by Shah Saqlain Miyan | |
Charminar | Hyderabad | 1591 | Shia | "Mosque of the four minarets" | |
Hazratbal Shrine | Srinagar | SB | |||
Jama Masjid | Delhi | 1656 | SB | ||
Teele Wali Masjid, Lucknow | Lucknow | 1658-1660 | SB | Shahi Imam Syed Fazlul Mannan Rahmani | |
Jama Masjid | Srinagar | 1400 | SB | ||
Atala Masjid | Jaunpur | 1400 | Shia | ||
Safa Shahouri Mosque | Ponda, Goa | 1560 | |||
Mecca Masjid | Hyderabad | 1617–94 | Shia/Sunni | One of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India. | |
Moti Masjid | Delhi | 1660 | U | ||
Sidi Saiyyed mosque | Ahmedabad | 1573 | SB | ||
Jama Masjid | Kalbadevi (Mumbai) | 1802 | Shafai | ||
Periamet Mosque | Chennai | 1838 | U | ||
Sir Syed Masjid | Aligarh | Govt Controlled | |||
Shia Jama Masjid | Delhi | Shia | |||
Tipu Sultan Mosque | Kolkata | 1832 | U | ||
Masjid e Moazzam | Surat | 1799–1817 AD Reconstructed 1996 | U | First Built by Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin and later Rebuilt by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin | |
Jama Masjid, Bhilai | Bhilai | 1967 | SB | First mosque in the world built in the shape of Arabic word Yā Allāh (یا الله). | |
Maniktala Haqqani Masjid | Maniktala Kolkata | U | Built By Haqqani Anjuman | ||
Masjid-ul-Salam, Solapur | Solapur | 1987 | U | Built by Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi – Chairman Athar Blood Bank, Solapur. | |
Sha're Mubarak masjid | Kerala, India | ||||
Adina Mosque | English Bazar, Maldah district, West Bengal | 1363 | At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sultan Sikandar Shah. | ||
Pathar ki Masjid | Patna | 1621 | Built by Parvez Shah, son of Jahangir. | ||
Khairtabad Mosque | Hyderabad | 1626 | Named for Khairunnisa Begum, daughter of Sultan Quli Qutb Shah | ||
Toli Masjid | Hyderabad | 1671 | Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah | ||
Spanish Mosque | Hyderabad | 1906 | Built in Mooorish style of architecture by Sir Vicar-ul-Umra | ||
Hayat Bakshi Mosque | Hyderabad | 1672 | Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah | ||
Mian Mishk Masjid | Hyderabad | 17th century | Built by Miyan Mishk, a nobleman during the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah | ||
Jama Masjid, Lucknow | Lucknow | 1845 | |||
Jama Mosque, Jaunpur | Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh | 15th century | |||
Moti Masjid (Agra Fort) | Agra | 17th century | Moti Majid translates to Pearl Mosque. Built by Shah Jahan | ||
Jama Masjid, Dildar Nagar | Dildarnagar | 19th century | |||
Great Mosque, Budaun | Budaun | 1223 | Built by Iltutmish |
- Group
SB | Sunni Barelvis |
U | Unknown group (or undetermined) |
References
- "Multicultural India has more mosques than any Muslim country - Bollywood news, wallpapers, vidoes, Canadian immigration, Indian diaspora news I News East West". Newseastwest.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
See also
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mosques in India. |
- Islam in India
- Lists of mosques
- List of the oldest mosques in the world
- List of Shia mosques in NCR
- Mosques in Kolkata
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