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[[File:Masonic Lodge Picquet Tank Secunderabad.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Goshamal Baradari, circa 1890]] | [[File:Masonic Lodge Picquet Tank Secunderabad.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Goshamal Baradari, circa 1890]] | ||
'''Goshamahal Baradari (Masonic Building)''' is a [[freemason]] building located in [[Hyderabad, India]]. It is a [[Baradari (building)|baradari]] that was built in 1682.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000001056u00003000.html Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad], British Library, accessed 1 September 2010</ref> It was donated for use as a [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] hall in 1872 by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lodgeeagle.org/resources/goshamahalbaradari.htm |title=Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Hall |access-date=1 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911053813/http://lodgeeagle.org/resources/goshamahalbaradari.htm |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located in [[Goshamahal]].<ref>http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/nothing-secretive-about-us-freemasons/article4516621.ece</ref> | '''Goshamahal Baradari (Masonic Building)''' is a [[freemason]] building located in [[Hyderabad, India]]. It is a [[Baradari (building)|baradari]] that was built in 1682.<ref>[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/m/019pho000001056u00003000.html Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad], British Library, accessed 1 September 2010</ref> It was donated for use as a [[Freemasonry|Masonic]] hall in 1872 by the [[Nizam of Hyderabad]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://lodgeeagle.org/resources/goshamahalbaradari.htm |title=Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Hall |access-date=1 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100911053813/http://lodgeeagle.org/resources/goshamahalbaradari.htm |archive-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It is located in [[Goshamahal]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/nothing-secretive-about-us-freemasons/article4516621.ece|title=Nothing secretive about us: Freemasons|newspaper=The Hindu|date=17 March 2013}}</ref> | ||
The 324-year-old Goshamahal Baradari is considered by the Freemasons as a precious monument with its massive, majestic balustrades, walls adorned by portraits and photographs of Freemasons in their regalia and an equally lavish banquet hall, all being awe-inspiring sights. Now the oldest Masonic temple in the country, the Baradari has nine Masonic lodges and chapters meeting inside its imposing interiors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/07/stories/2002110701010200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030508233258/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/07/stories/2002110701010200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2003|title=The world of freemasons|date=7 November 2002|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]| accessdate=3 July 2018}}</ref> | The 324-year-old Goshamahal Baradari is considered by the Freemasons as a precious monument with its massive, majestic balustrades, walls adorned by portraits and photographs of Freemasons in their regalia and an equally lavish banquet hall, all being awe-inspiring sights. Now the oldest Masonic temple in the country, the Baradari has nine Masonic lodges and chapters meeting inside its imposing interiors.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/07/stories/2002110701010200.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030508233258/http://thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/11/07/stories/2002110701010200.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 May 2003|title=The world of freemasons|date=7 November 2002|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]| accessdate=3 July 2018}}</ref> | ||
[[Freemasonry]], said to be among the "world's oldest secular fraternal societies," is based on the "principles of fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man" and has a member list that boasts of names like Justice Devender Gupta, several [[nawab]]s of the Nizam's era, Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur, [[Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad]], [[Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy]] and several others. The walls of this building are adorned with portraits of many freemasons including the 7th Nizam - [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yeh Humara Shehar: Goshamahal |url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-02-09/Yeh-Humara-Shehar-Goshamahal-/206003}}</ref> | [[Freemasonry]], said to be among the "world's oldest secular fraternal societies," is based on the "principles of fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man" and has a member list that boasts of names like Justice Devender Gupta, several [[nawab]]s of the Nizam's era, Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur, [[Maharaja Sir Kishen Pershad]], [[Raja Bahadur Venkatarama Reddy]] and several others. The walls of this building are adorned with portraits of many freemasons including the 7th Nizam - [[Mir Osman Ali Khan]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Yeh Humara Shehar: Goshamahal |date=10 February 2016|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Telangana/2016-02-09/Yeh-Humara-Shehar-Goshamahal-/206003}}</ref> | ||
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