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Shah jahans last architectural extravagance, the jama masjid towers over old delhi. Jama masjid or jama mosque or jami masjid or badi masjid, one of the largest mosques in india, is a 15thcentury mosque built by hussain shah sharki in jaunpur, uttar pradesh, india. The mosque is near the red fort, yet another of shah jahans buildings. Jama masjid offers an excellent view of the entire old city. Jama masjid, mecca masjid why twitter is flooded with images of indias stunning mosques images of mosques from around india took over twitter timelines a.
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Urdu bazar road jama masjid, delhi shop4181urdu bazar roadjama. Jama masjid delhipage at india image, the government of india information portal. The history of jama masjid included the blood shielding work of about 5000 labours for making this mosque. The capacity of this mosque is about 25000 people which are more than any other mosque in india. It was originally called masjid e jahan numa, meaning mosque commanding the view of the world. Jama masjid, agra project gutenberg selfpublishing.