List_of_mosques_in_India

List of mosques in India

This is a list of notable mosques in India. India currently has more than 300,000 active mosques. India has the third largest Muslim population.^[1]^[2]

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Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Aasfi Masjid	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	1784 CE	Shia	Located in the Bara Imambara complex Built by Asaf-ud-Daula, 4th Nawab of Awadh
Atala Masjid	Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh	1408 CE	Sunni	In 1377 CE, Firuz Shah Tughlaq, the 19th Sultan of Delhi and 3rd ruler of Tughlaq dynasty laid the foundation In 1408 CE, Ibrahim Shah, the 3rd ruler of Jaunpur Sultanate completed the construction
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
Cheraman Juma Mosque	Kodungallur, Kerala	629 CE	Sunni (Shafi'i)	Built by Malik Dinar, companion of Muhammad, on orders of Cheraman Perumal, then King of modern-day Kerala^[3] It is the oldest mosque in the Indian subcontinent It is the first Mousque in India Destroyed by the Portuguese in 1504 CE The old building was built some time after 1504 CE Modern corridors and halls were built in 1984 CE
Great Mosque	Budaun, Uttar Pradesh	1223 CE		Built by Iltutmish, the 3rd Sultan of Delhi and the Mamluk dynasty
Haji Ali Dargah	Mumbai, Maharashtra	1431 CE	Sufism	Mosque and Dargah or the monument of Pir Haji Ali Shah Bukhari, Sufi saint and merchant from Uzbekistan
Hayat Bakshi Mosque	Hyderabad, Telangana	1672 CE	Shia	Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah, the 7th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty, a Persianate Shia Islamic dynasty Named after Hayat Bakshi Begum, wife of Muhammad Qutb Shah, 6th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty
Hazratbal Shrine	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir		Sunni	Considered to be Kashmir's holiest Muslim shrine Converted into a prayer hall in 1634 CE by 5th Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan Modern construction work was completed in 1979 CE
Jama Masjid	Agra, Uttar Pradesh	1648 CE	Sunni	Built by Jahanara Begum, daughter of 5th Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan
Jama Masjid	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	1424 CE	Sunni	Built during the reign of Ahmad Shah I, 3rd ruler of Muzaffarid dynasty and 4th Sultan of Gujarat
Jama Masjid	Champaner, Gujarat	1513 CE		Built during the reign of Mahmud Shah I, 7th ruler of Muzaffarid dynasty and 8th Sultan of Gujarat

Jama Masjid	Dildarnagar, Uttar Pradesh	1705 CE
Jama Masjid	Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh	1571 - 1574 CE		Built by 3rd Mughal Emperor, Akbar
Jama Masjid	Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh	1473 CE		The foundation of the mosque was laid in 1438 CE by Ibrahim Shah, the 3rd ruler of Jaunpur Sultanate The complex was built in stages but was finally completed in 1473 CE by Hussain Shah, the last ruler of the Jaunpur Sultanate
Jama Masjid	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	1845 CE	Shia	Construction was started in 1839 CE by Mohammad Ali Shah, 9th Nawab of Awadh After the death of Mohammad Ali Shah in 1842 CE, construction was completed by his wife
Jama Masjid	Rampur, Uttar Pradesh	1939 CE		Built by Nawab Raza Ali Khan of Rampur State
Jamia Masjid	Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir	1400 CE	Sunni Deobandi	Built by Sikandar Shah Miri, the 6th ruler of Shah Mir dynasty
Khairtabad Mosque	Hyderabad, Telangana	1626 CE		Built in honor of Akhund Mulla Abul Malik, the tutor of Khairunnisa Begum, daughter of Quli Qutb Shah, 1st Sultan of Golconda and founder of Qutb Shahi dynasty
Makkah Masjid	Hyderabad, Telangana	1693 CE		Construction began in 1617 CE, during the reign of Muhammad Qutb Shah, 6th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty Construction completed in 1693 CE, during the reign of 6th Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb It was built after Charminar
Malik Dinar Mosque	Kasaragod, Kerala	720 - 740 CE	Sunni (Shafi'i)	Grave of Malik Dinar
Masjid-e-Moazzam	Surat, Gujarat	1799 - 1817 CE		First Built by Abde Ali Saifuddin Rebuilt later in 1996 CE by Mohammed Burhanuddin
Mian Mishk Masjid	Hyderabad, Telangana			Built by Miyan Mishk, a nobleman during the reign of 7th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty, Abdullah Qutb Shah
Moti Masjid	Agra, Uttar Pradesh	1653 CE		Built by the 5th Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan
Odathil Palli	Thalassery, Kerala	1806 CE	Sunni (Shafi'i)
Sha're Mubarak Masjid	Kozhikode, Kerala	2022	Sunni (Shafi'i)	Would be India's largest mosque once built^[4]^[5]
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	1573 CE	Sunni Deobandi
Sir Syed Masjid	Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh	1915 CE	Shia & Sunni	Located in Aligarh Muslim University campus
Spanish Mosque	Hyderabad, Telangana	1906 CE	Built in Moorish style of architecture by Sir Vicar-ul-Umra
Teele Wali Masjid	Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	1658 - 1660 CE	Sunni Barelvi	Shahi Imam Syed Fazlul Mannan Rahmani

Toli Masjid	Hyderabad, Telangana	1671 CE		Built by Abdullah Qutb Shah, the 7th Sultan of Golconda and ruler of Qutb Shahi dynasty, a Persianate Shia Islamic dynasty
Ziarat Shareef	Kakrala, Uttar Pradesh	1980 CE	Sunni Barelvi	Built by Shah Saqlain Miyan

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Pathar Ki Masjid	Patna		1621 CE		Built by Parviz Mirza, son of 4th Mughal Emperor, Jahangir
Sher Shah Suri Mosque	Patna		1545 CE	Sunni	Built by Sher Shah Suri, the founder and 1st ruler of Sur Empire, to commemorate his reign

Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Fatehpuri Masjid	Delhi	1650 CE	Sunni barelvi	Built by Fatehpuri Begum, one of the wives of 5th Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan Mufti Mukarram Ahmad is the chief mufti and imam of the mosque
Jama Masjid	Delhi	1656 CE	Sunni	Also known as Masjid-i-Jehān-Numā', roughly translating to "mosque commanding the view of the world" in Persian and Urdu Built by 5th Mughal Emperor, Shah Jahan
Kalan Masjid
Khirki Mosque
Lal Masjid
Moti Masjid	Delhi	1660 CE		Built by the 6th Mughal Emperor, Aurangzeb, at the Red Fort complex for his 2nd wife Nawab Bai
Sunehri Masjid (Chandni Chowk)
Zeenat-ul-Masajid

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Kabuli Bagh Mosque	Panipat		1527 CE		Built by Babur to mark his victory over Ibrahim Lodhi in the First Battle of Panipat
Thanesar Pathar Mosque

Name	Location	District	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks	Ref
Ek Minar Mosque	Raichur
Jama Masjid	Bijapur	Bijapur	1576 CE	Shia	Construction started by Ali Adil Shah I, the 5th Adil Shahi Sultan of Bijapur but was never completed
Jama Masjid	Kalaburagi	Kalaburagi	1367 CE	Shia	Built by Mohammed Shah I, the 2nd ruler of Bahmani Sultanate
Kali Masjid	Bidar	Bidar				^[6]
Masjid-i-Ala	Srirangapatna	Mandya
Mecca Masjid, Bijapur	Bijapur	Bijapur				^[7]

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List of mosques in India

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Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Bibi Ki Masjid	Burhanpur
Jama Masjid, Burhanpur	Burhanpur
Jama Masjid	Mandu	1454 CE		Hoshang Shah, the 2nd Sultan of Malwa, started the construction and was completed during the reign of Mahmud Khalji, the 4th Sultan of Malwa
Lat Mosque	Dhar
Moti Masjid	Bhopal	1860
Taj-ul-Masajid	Bhopal	1871 CE	Sunni Deobandi	Largest mosque in India Construction began in 1871 CE^[8] Initiated by Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal and continued to be built by her daughter Sultan Jahan Begum Work on the masjid resumed in 1971 CE

Name	Location	Year
Alamgir Mosque	Aurangabad
Damdi Masjid	Ahmednagar
Jama Masjid	Mumbai	1802 CE
Jama Mosque, Aurangabad	Aurangabad
Kali Masjid	Mumbai
Moghal Masjid	Mumbai

Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Kazimar Big Mosque	Madurai, Tamil Nadu	1284 CE	Sunni Barelvi	First Muslim place of worship in Madurai One of the oldest mosques to follow Hanafi and Shadhili
Palaiya Jumma Palli	Kilakarai, Tamil Nadu	628 - 630 CE	Sunni Barelvi	Oldest mosque in Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest mosque in India It is also known as Meen Kada Palli and Old Jumma Palli Mosque was rebuilt in 1036 CE
Periamet Mosque	Chennai	1838 CE
Triplicane Big Mosque	Chennai

Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Adina Mosque	Malda, West Bengal	1363 CE	Shia	At the time, the largest mosque of South Asia built by Sikandar Shah, 2nd Sultan of Bengal and the Ilyas Shahi dynasty It is a centrally protected monument as per Archaeological Survey of India^[9]
Baro Shona Masjid
Basri Shah Mosque	Kolkata, West Bengal	1804 CE	Sunni	Oldest mosque in Kolkata
Chawk Masjid	Murshidabad, West Bengal	1767 CE	Shia	Established by Munni Begum, 2nd wife of the Nawab of Bengal, Mir Jafar
Jama Masjid, Motijheel
Katra Masjid	Murshidabad, West Bengal	1724 CE	Shia	A former caravanserai Tomb of Nawab Murshid Quli Khan One of the largest caravansaries in the South Asia
Nakhoda Mosque	Kolkata, West Bengal		Sunni Barelvi	Reconstructed in 1935 CE
Tipu Sultan Mosque	Kolkata, West Bengal	1842 CE	Sunni	Built by Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib, the youngest son of Tipu Sultan