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The mosque was built in 1810 by Arcot Nawab Umdat ul-Umara. [1] [3] It was constructed in medieval architecture. [1] 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]
Thousand Lights is an underground metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the neighbourhoods of Royapettah, Greams Road, and Gopalapuram. The station is named so because of the presence of the Thousand Lights Mosque in the vicinity. The station was opened for public on ...
Whites Road in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India branches off from Anna Salai, Chennai's arterial road near National Insurance Company after Thousand Lights Mosque and reaches up to Royapettah Clock Tower near Wesley Church. [1] Chennai's famous Express Avenue shopping mall is located on this road. Major institutions located at this road includes
Mount Road in 1900. Anna Salai can be traced from at least the early 17th century, [4] and has its origins in a cart track which was used by the European employees of the British East India Company to travel from the factory at Fort St George to the holy town of St Thomas Mount where the apostle St Thomas is believed to have been martyred, according to Christian belief.
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 legend states that they were miraculously guided by a mysterious bright light which guided them safe to land. The Friars that in honour of their safe arrival to the land, built the Church of Our Lady of Light (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Luz). [1] The church would later suffer damages inflicted from the forces of Golconda between 1662 and ...
Thiru. Vi. Ka. Nagar has a wide range of entertainment venues such as cinemas and parks nearby. Perambur has the first shopping mall of the north Chennai Spectrum Mall.It also consists of a 5 screen Multiplex named S2 Cinemas which is controlled by theater franchise SPI Cinemas.
Pattalam, is a developed residential area in Central Chennai, a metropolitan city in Tamil Nadu, India. [1] [2] [3] [4]The area is famous for its Hanuman temple which occupies the center of the place; [5] Ellaiamman Temple [6] and Siddhi Buddhi Vinayagar cum Lakshmi Amman Temple, [7] all the above mentioned three temples are under the control of Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments ...