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Jama Masjid Delhi is
the largest mosque in India. Jama Masjid was built by Shah Jahan
built in 1656. It is located in Delhi. It's also known as 'Masjid-i-Jahan
Numa','Jahan' means 'World' and Numa means 'Visible'.
Jama Masjid Delhi courtyard has a capacity to hold nearly 25,000
worshippers. Near the Red Fort about 500m away is the Delhi Jama
Masjid, the biggest mosque in India. It is hard to make up a
building more suited to evoking the awe of the majesty of Allah
in man. The mosque stands on a rocky elevation. Its massive
gateway looks down at you like fussy connoisseur from a massive
platform which has steps that lead up to it.
The mosque has three huge gateways, four angle towers, and two
minarets, both which are 40 meters high. The eastern gateway was
initially open only to the emperor. It was built with red
sandstone. White marble has also been used extensively,
especially in the three domes and has been inlaid with stripes
of black. Wide staircases and arched gateways are the trademark
of this popular mosque.
The Jama Masjid also comprises of a great treasure that has been
kept in the northeast corner of the white holy place. The
treasure comprises of a hair of the beard of Hazrat Mahmmad,
his used chappal, a chapter of Koran taken from its
unique holy book, the canopy of his tombstone and the foot print
of Muhammad on the stone.
