Jama masjid,ahmedabad

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1. JAMA MASJID, AHAMADABAD SUBMITTED BY: SIKANDAR (75136027)

2. ABOUT : LOCATION : OLD AHMEDABAD, GUJARAT BUILT IN : 1424 AD BUILT BY : SULTAN AHMED SHAH (   founder of city Ahmedabad .) BUILDING TYPE : MOSQUE

3. HISTORY AND IMPORTANCE: I n the period when it was constructed, It was the largest mosque of India. The architectural design of the mosque is very unique as it has its entrance from three different directions .   Architecture of Jama Masjid is a blend of Hindu and Muslim Styling.

4. PLAN AND ITS FEATURES Rectangular in plan . The mosque complex is centred on a large rectangular courtyard 75 m long and 66 m wide .   Courtyard is lined with a colonnade on three sides . PLAN C ourtyard

5. The prayer hall occupies the fourth (east) side . It is rectangular in plan and covered by four vaults. Prayer Hall Prayer Hall Interior

6.   In prayer hall have 260 columns   and carved with the form of a bell hanging on a chain . It is covered with 15 domes. The prayer wall known as qibla is richly ornate .   Prayer hall is floored with white marble .

7.   C enter of the courtyard is a rectangular basin for ablutions.

8. DOME The domes in the mosque are given various shaped like   the central domes are carved like lotus flowers, closely related to the typical domes of Jain temples .

9. Interior of DOME

10.   Pierced stone screens (the ' Jalis ') are placed between the two pillars of the central openings.  Another features

11. The main entrance is framed by two columns .

12. There are two main minarets in front of the main entrance ,which were destroyed by the earthquakes of 1819 and 1957 . It is highly carved . Carved detail of minarets

13. MATERIALS USED Yellow sandstone was main construction material and white marble was used for flooring . Yellow sandstone White marble

14. THANKS