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
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)

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