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It is
built with lakhauri bricks (small size bricks) and plastered with lime,
it is decorated with coloured stuco motifs. Standing on a square lofy
terrace, it has a rectangular prayer hall on the west with a
magnificient facade of eleven arches. The central one is higher and
provided with an unusually high doorway which rises above the flat roof
in a sharply pointed arch decorated in coloured stucco. The prayer hall
is surmounted by pear shaped high double domes decorated with an
inverted lotus on the top and is also flanked by two octagonal four
storeyed tapering minarets on either side crowned by chhatris on the
top.
This is a
very beautiful Mosque with tall minarets and domes. You will love to see
the then architectural excellence It is one of the most beautiful Mosque
in India. Please note Non-muslims are not allowed inside the prayer
halls of Mosque. If you prefer to see it with little distance, you will
be asked to take off your shoes and be on the raised platform to view
its excellent architecture.
Visitor
Information
It is on the
North-west of Chhota Imambara. After
visiting Chhota Imambara, you can reach
there within few minutes.
Entry ticket
are not required.
Getting There
Lucknow is
well connected with all metro and other important cities like Bangalore,
Chennai, Kolkata, New Delhi, Mumbai, Jammu Tawi, Guwahati, Chandigarh, Pune,
Jaipur and Bhopal either by Lucknow Charbagh(N.R.) or by Lucknow
Junction(N.E.R.). Chaudhary Charan Singh International Airport (IATA: LKO, ICAO: VILK),
is situated at Amausi in the city of Lucknow, India.
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