Jama Mosque

Highlights

• The Jama Mosque, or Jama Masjid, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Bhilai, Chhattisgarh, India.
• The mosque was completed in the 1960s and can accommodate 3,000 worshippers at a time and is one of the largest mosques in the state, and also in Asia.
• It is the first mosque in the world to be built in the shape of the word "Ya Allah" in Arabic script.
• It took three years for the construction of the mosque which was completed in 1967.

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Modest, respectful clothing is expected at this site.

History

• •Before the construction of the mosque, Bhilai Muslims used to pray in their respective localities and gathered only on Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha to offer common prayers near Nehru house of Culture in sector-1, Bhilai.
• •The Muslim executives of Bhilai steel plant formed a committee and applied for its registration.
• •It was registered as Bhilai Nagar Masjid Trust under the Madhya Pradesh Public Trust Act 1951.
• •The Bhilai steel plant allotted a plot measuring 1,100 square metres (12,000 sq ft) in sector-6 to this committee for the mosque.

Architecture

• •The special design of the mosque has created a history in the world of Islamic architecture through its monumental elevation which forms an Arabic word Yā Allāh.
• •The 80 feet high minar shapes ‘Ya’ while the concrete walls of the first floor with a slab above in the shape of tashdeed projects ‘Allah’.
• •The marble dome at the top further enhances the beauty of this unique mosque in the world.
• •It was designed by the architect Khairuddin Ahmad Siddiqui, Siddiqui and associates, Hyderabad, Telangana.

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