Taj-ul-Masajid of Bhopal
It was my 1st visit to Bhopal, the lake city. From the
balcony of my hotel I saw something and clicked. The beauty of this mosque
is amazing. It is Taj-ul-Masajid of Bhopal
The construction of the Mosque was initiated
during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar by Nawab Shah Jahan Begum (1844–1860 and
1868–1901) of Bhopal (Wife of Baqi Mohammad Khan) and continued to be built by
her daughter Sultan Jahan Begum, till her lifetime. The mosque was not
completed due to lack of funds, and after a long lay-off after the War of 1857, construction was resumed in 1971 by great efforts of Allama
Mohammad Imran Khan Nadwi Azhari and Maulana Sayed Hashmat Ali Sahab of Bhopal.
The construction was completed by 1985
The
Mosque has a pink facade topped by two 18-storey high octagonal minarets with marble domes. The Mosque also has three
huge bulbous domes, an impressive main hallway with attractive pillars and marble flooring resembling Mughal architecture. It has a courtyard with a large tank in the centre. It has
a double-storeyed gateway with four recessed archways and nine cusped multifold
openings in the main prayer hall.
The Quibla wall in the prayer hall is carved
with eleven recessed arches and has fine screens of trellis work. The massive
pillars in the hall hold 27 ceilings through squinted arches of which 16
ceilings are decorated with ornate petaled designs.
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