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Triplicane Big Mosque (also called Wallajah Mosque) is a mosque located in Triplicane High Road, Triplicane in Chennai, the capital of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Constructed in the Mughal architectural style , the mosque was built in 1795 by the family of Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah , the Nawab of Arcot during 1765.
The complex includes a Sufi shrine, the grave of Sufi saint Sultan Sikandhar Badushah shaheed, and a mosque. Situated at the peak of the Thiruparankundram hills. Thiruparankundram Murugan Temple, and Jain caves (சமணர் குகை) are also there in the hills.
The Dargah Mai Sahiba is a Sufi mausoleum complex, affiliated with the Chishti Order, situated near Sri Aurobindo Marg, in the Adhchini village of South Delhi district of the state of Delhi, India. It is the shrine of "Mai Sahiba" Bibi Zulekha, the mother of 14th-century Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya .
Makkah Mosque is a mosque in the city of Chennai, India.The dargah of Syed Musa Sha Khaderi is located near the masjid.. The masjid is located on Anna Salai. The five-storeyed mosque is one of the largest in India and can house 5,000 worshippers at a time.
The site of the mosque was previously occupied by an assembly hall. There was a tradition of lighting thousand oil lamps to illuminate the assembly hall. The mosque thus gets its name from this tradition. [4] The chief Shia Qazi of Chennai functions from the mosque, and the post has been continuously held by the same family. [3]: 128
It is accessible through a portal in the middle of the northern side, reached by a flight of eleven steps. The mosque is located at the western end of a courtyard, paved with stone slabs. Opposite the mosque stands a large masonry well, as well as two raised platforms – a dargah – containing the tombs of Ali Farhad Khan and his wife. [1] [2]
Dharma Kidangu Mosque is a mosque situated in Angappa Naicken Street in the Georgetown neighbourhood of Chennai, India. It is considered to be the oldest mosque in Muthialpet . The original mosque built of stone was demolished in 2008 and a new mosque built.
The Athar Jamad Mosque (Arabic: اثار جماعة المسجد; Tamil: அத்தார் ஜமாத் மஸ்ஜித்), also known as the Athar Jamaath Masjid and colloquially as The Big Mosque, is a mosque located on Oppanakara Street within the Coimbatore district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the oldest and ...