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The mosque is spacious, with a vast courtyard and a prayer chamber measuring 250 feet by 54 feet, and features seven domes. [citation needed]The mosque's exterior is embellished with glazed blue Multan-style tiles, while the interior is ornamented with intricate mosaics.
The temples were destroyed multiple times throughout history, most recently by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb in 1670. He built the Shahi Eidgah mosque there, which still stands. [3] [4] [5] [9] [8] In the 20th century, the new temple complex adjacent to mosque was built with the financial help from industrialists. [3]
In 1883, a local pandit requested the construction of a temple on the chabootra, but the British denied the request due to its closeness to the mosque. In 1949, after Indian independence, idols of Rama and Sita were surreptitiously installed inside the mosque, which led to the closure of the mosque by the authorities.
Shahi Eidgah is an open-air urban prayer hall meant for Eid festival prayers, built by a Mughal ruler. It may refer to: Sylhet Shahi Eidgah, in Sylhet, Bangladesh, built in the 17th century; Dhanmondi Shahi Eidgah, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with an urban open space and mosque built in the 17th century; Shahi Eid Gah Mosque, in Multan, Pakistan
Dhanmondi Shahi Eidgah Dhaka, Bangladesh Shahi Eid Gah Mosque, Multan, Pakistan. Eidgah or Idgah, also Eid Gah or Id Gah (Persian: عیدگاه "site of Eid [observances]"; Bengali: ঈদগাহ; Punjabi: عید گاہ; Urdu: عید گاہ; Hindi: ईदगाह) is a term used in South Asian Islamic culture for the open-air enclosure usually outside the city (or at the outskirts) reserved ...
The oldest surviving Mughal-era Eidgah here faces a threat from unplanned construction of a six-storeyed mosque on its premises, a media report said. The Dhanmondi Eidgah mosque committee is constructing the building without approval from Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (Rajuk) as required by the Building Construction Act and Dhaka Metropolitan ...
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The structure was referred to as the Alamgiri Mosque as late as the twentieth century, and it is commonly known as the Shahi Mosque in the modern era. [1] [2] The mosque's prayer hall has a triple-vaulted roof, and features curved bangla cornices. It is topped by three fluted domes. The façade of the mosque bears three trilobed/trefoil arches.