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Makkah Masjid or Mecca Masjid, is a congregational mosque in Hyderabad, India. It is the largest mosque in the city, [2] and one of the largest in the country, with a capacity of 10,000 people. [3] The mosque was built during the 17th century, and is a state-protected monument.
Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah established the city of Hyderabad in 1591, which would grow to encompass Golconda. He built the Charminar as the centerpiece of the city, as well as the Mecca Masjid, which is the largest mosque in the city with a capacity to accommodate 10,000 worshippers. [2]
Mecca Masjid – A symbolic mosque, Mecca Masjid was built 400 years ago during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Qutub Shah, the 6th Qutub Shahi Sultan of Hyderabad. The three-arched facade has been carved from a single piece of granite, which took five years to quarry.
Charminar is also a site of numerous festival celebrations, such as Eid-ul-adha and Eid al-Fitr, [4] as it is adjacent to the city's main mosque, the Makkah Masjid. The Charminar is situated on the east bank of Musi River. [5] To the west lies the Laad Bazaar, and to the southwest the richly ornamented Makkah Masjid. [6]
The bomb exploded around 1:15 pm in Mecca Masjid, a 400-year-old mosque in Hyderabad. [3] The IED contained cyclotol, a 60:40 mixture of RDX and TNT, [6] filled in a 10-inch (250 mm) by 3-inch (76 mm) pipe. [7] The bomb was placed under a heavy marble platform, which took the force of the impact and saved many lives. Two more IEDs were found ...
Central Mahallu Juma Masjid: Muvattupuzha, Kerala: 1927 CE: Sunni: Charminar: Hyderabad, Telangana: 1591 CE: Shia: Mosque of four minarets; It is situated on the east bank of Musi river and adjacent to Makkah Masjid; Built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, the 5th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty, a Persianate Shia Islamic dynasty ...
Pages in category "Mosques in Hyderabad, India" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. ... Makkah Masjid, Hyderabad; Masjid Uppal Kalan;
Quraishi was born to Abdur Raheem, in Dundigal, Andhra Pradesh, also an imam of the Mecca Masjid, [3] on September 19, 1935. [4] He went to Hyderabad from Dundigal and started his studies as a student in Hifz and Qirath of Quran in Mecca Masjid. Then he studied Metric from Aligarh Muslim University and Graduated from Osmania University. Then he ...