List of mosques in India
This is a list of mosques in India. India has more than 300,000 active mosques a number which is more than most Islamic nations. Population wise India has the third largest Muslim population.[1][2]
Name | Images | City | Year | Denomination | Remarks | ||
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Katra Masjid | ![]() |
Murshidabad | The Katra Masjid is a former caravanserai, mosque and the tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan. It was built between 1723 and 1724. It is one of the largest caravanserais in the Indian subcontinent. | SB | Mosque in India. | ||
Cheraman Juma Mosque | Kodungallur | 629 AD (Possibly Foundation stone year by King Cheraman BUT Completed possibly 680-700AD by Malik Deenar who was a disciple of Hasan Basri who was born in 642AD) | SB | Mosque in India. | |||
Malik Dinar Mosque | ![]() |
Kasaragod | 648 AD (more correct would be possibly 720-740AD(because Malik Deenar was a disciple of Hasan Basri who was born in 642AD) | SB | |||
Odathil Palli | Thalassery, Kerala | 1806 | SB | ||||
Palaiya Jumma Palli | ![]() |
Kilakarai | 628–630 AD (this date may be correct because it was constructed by the Yemeni merchants of the pre-Islamic period (who accepted Islam before 628AD) in Pandiya kingdom ordered by Governor of Yemen at the time of Muhammad) | SB | Oldest mosque in Tamil Nadu.It is also called as Meen Kada Palli or Old Jumma Palli. | ||
Kazimar Big Mosque | Madurai | 1284 (13th century) | S | Second Mosque in Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest mosques following Sunni – Hanafi school and Fassi, Shadhili Sufi order. | |||
Aasfi Masjid | ![]() |
Lucknow | 1784 | Shia | |||
Fatehpuri Masjid | ![]() |
Delhi | 17th Century | SB | Imam Mufti Mukarram Ahmad | ||
Central mahallu jamaath | ![]() |
Muvattupuzha (Kerala) | 1927 | ||||
Babri Mosque | ![]() |
Ayodhya | 1528 (demolished – 1992) | SB | |||
Taj-ul-Masajid | Bhopal | Completed 1971 | SB | Largest mosque in India Initiated by the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar | |||
Ziarat Shareef | ![]() |
Kakrala | 1980 | SB | Built by Shah Saqlain Miyan | ||
Charminar | ![]() |
Hyderabad | 1591 | Shia | "Mosque of the four minarets" | ||
Hazratbal Shrine | ![]() |
Srinagar | SB | ||||
Jama Masjid | ![]() |
Delhi | 1656 | SB | |||
Teele Wali Masjid, Lucknow | ![]() |
Lucknow | 1658-1660 | SB | Shahi Imam Syed Fazlul Mannan Rahmani | ||
Jama Masjid | File:Jamia Masjid Prayers.jpg | Srinagar | 1400 | SB | |||
Atala Masjid | ![]() |
Jaunpur | 1400 | ||||
Safa Shahouri Mosque | Ponda, Goa | 1560 | |||||
Mecca Masjid | ![]() |
Hyderabad | 1617–94 | Sunni | One of the oldest mosques and the biggest mosque located in Hyderabad, India. | ||
Moti Masjid | Delhi | 1660 | U | ||||
Sidi Saiyyed mosque | ![]() |
Ahmedabad | 1573 | SB | |||
Jama Masjid | ![]() |
Kalbadevi (Mumbai) | 1802 | Shafai | |||
Periamet Mosque | Chennai | 1838 | U | ||||
Sir Syed Masjid | ![]() |
Aligarh | Govt Controlled | ||||
Shia Jama Masjid | Delhi | Shia | |||||
Basri Shah Mosque | Kolkata | 1804 | U | Oldest mosque in Kolkata | |||
Tipu Sultan Mosque | ![]() |
Kolkata | 1832 | U | |||
Masjid e Moazzam | ![]() |
Surat | 1799–1817 AD Reconstructed 1996 | U | First Built by Syedna Abdeali Saifuddin and later Rebuilt by Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin | ||
Jama Masjid, Bhilai | ![]() |
Bhilai | 1967 | SB | First mosque in the world built in the shape of Arabic word Yā Allāh (یا الله). | ||
Maniktala Haqqani Masjid | Maniktala Kolkata | U | Built By Haqqani Anjuman | ||||
Masjid-ul-Salam, Solapur | ![]() |
Solapur | 1987 | U | Built by Maulana Syed Shahabuddin Salfi Firdausi – Chairman Athar Blood Bank, Solapur. | ||
Sha're Mubarak masjid | Kerala, India | ||||||
Adina Mosque | English Bazar, Maldah district, West Bengal | 1363 | At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sultan Sikandar Shah. | ||||
Pathar ki Masjid | Patna | 1621 | Built by Parvez Shah, son of Jahangir. | ||||
Khairtabad Mosque | Hyderabad | 1626 | Named for Khairunnisa Begum, daughter of Sultan Quli Qutb Shah | ||||
Toli Masjid | ![]() |
Hyderabad | 1671 | Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah | |||
Spanish Mosque | ![]() |
Hyderabad | 1906 | Built in Mooorish style of architecture by Sir Vicar-ul-Umra | |||
Hayat Bakshi Mosque | Hyderabad | 1672 | Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah | ||||
Mian Mishk Masjid | Hyderabad | 17th century | Built by Miyan Mishk, a nobleman during the reign of Abdullah Qutb Shah | ||||
Jama Masjid, Lucknow | ![]() |
Lucknow | 1845 | ||||
Jama Mosque, Jaunpur | ![]() |
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh | 15th century | ||||
Moti Masjid (Agra Fort) | Agra | 17th century | ![]() |
Moti Majid translates to Pearl Mosque. Built by Shah Jahan | |||
Jama Masjid, Dildar Nagar | Dildarnagar | 19th century | |||||
Great Mosque, Budaun | Budaun | 1223 | Built by Iltutmish | ||||
Jama Mosque, Rampur | Rampur | 1939 | [[File:Jama Masjid rampur.jpg|320px] | Built by Nawab Raza Ali Khan |
- Group
SB | Sunni Barelvis |
U | Unknown group (or undetermined) |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Multicultural India has more mosques than any Muslim country - Bollywood news, wallpapers, vidoes, Canadian immigration, Indian diaspora news I News East West". Newseastwest.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
- ↑ "List of Mosques in India". www.hellotravel.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.