Jama Masjid is the largest mosque in India. Shah Jahan built it in 1656. It is situated in Delhi. It’s also known as ‘Masjid-i-Jahan Numa’, ‘Jahan’ means ‘World’ and Numa means ‘Visible’. Its courtyard has a capacity to hold nearly 25, 000 worshippers.
The mosque has three huge gateways, four angle towers, and two minarets, both, which are 40 meters high. The eastern gateway was originally open only to the emperor. It was built with red sandstone. White marble has also been used extensively, specially in the three domes and has been inlaid with stripes of black. Wide staircases and arched gateways are the hallmark of this popular mosque.
The Masjid also comprises of a great treasure that has been kept in the northeast corner of the white shrine. The treasure comprises of a hair of the beard of Hazrat Mahmmad, his used chappal, a chapter of Koran taken from its original holy book, the canopy of his tombstone and the foot print of Muhammad on the stone.
