List of mosques in India

This is a list of notable mosques in India. India has more than 600,000 active mosques a number which is more than most Islamic nations. Population wise India has the third largest Muslim population.^[1]^[2]


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 Prophet 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	Proposed	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 Mooorish 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

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Delanipur Jama Mosque

Andhra Pradesh

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Shahi Jamia Mosque	Adoni

Assam

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Panbari Mosque

Bihar

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

Chattisgarh

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Jama Masjid	Bhilai		1967 CE	Sunni Deobandi	First mosque in the world built in the shape of Arabic word Yā Allāh

Delhi

Name	Location	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Fatehpuri Masjid	Delhi	1650 CE	Sunni Deobandi	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 Deobandi	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

Goa

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Safa Shahouri Mosque	Ponda		1560 CE		Built by Ibrahim Adil Shah I, the 4th Adil Shahi Sultan of Bijapur

Haryana

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

Karnataka

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]

Kerala

Madhya Pradesh

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

Maharashtra

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

Meghalaya

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Madina Mosque	Shillong

Punjab

Name	Location	Image	Year	Religious Denomination	Remarks
Moorish Mosque	Kapurthala		1930

Tamil Nadu

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

West Bengal

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

References

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↑ "List of Mosques in India". www.hellotravel.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
↑ "1400-year-old mosque to be restored to its original form". The Hindu. 2011-06-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
↑ "Kerala to have India's largest mosque". The Times of India. February 10, 2011. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
↑ Sathish, V. M. "Gulf contributes to help build mosque in Calicut - News - World - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.
↑ Yazdani, Ghulam (1947). Bidar, Its History and Monuments. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 196–197.
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[1] "Multicultural India has more mosques than any Muslim country". Newseastwest.com. Retrieved 2015-08-11.

[2] "List of Mosques in India". www.hellotravel.com. Retrieved 2021-06-06.

[3] "1400-year-old mosque to be restored to its original form". The Hindu. 2011-06-28. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[4] "Kerala to have India's largest mosque". The Times of India. February 10, 2011. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[5] Sathish, V. M. "Gulf contributes to help build mosque in Calicut - News - World - Emirates24|7". www.emirates247.com. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[:0-6] Yazdani, Ghulam (1947). Bidar, Its History and Monuments. London: Oxford University Press. pp. 196–197.

[7] Cousens, Henry (1905). Bijapur, the Capital of the Adil Shahi Kings: A Guide to Its Ruins. Scottish Mission Industries Company. pp. 67–70.

[8] "Raj Bhavan MP | The Hon'ble Governor". governor.mp.gov.in. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

[9] "State-wise List of Centrally Protected Monuments and Sites « Archaeological Survey of India". asi.nic.in. Retrieved 2022-07-03.

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Mosques in India
Andhra Pradesh	Shahi Jamia Mosque
Assam	Panbari Mosque
Bihar	Chatta Mosque Noori Mosque Pathar Ki Mosque Sher Shah Suri Mosque
Chhattisgarh	Jama Mosque, Bhilai
Delhi	Akbarabadi Mosque Fatehpuri Mosque Golden Mosque Hijron Ka Khanqah Jama Mosque Jamali Kamali Mosque and Tomb Khirki Mosque Khilji Mosque Khairul Manazil Kotla Mubarakpur Complex Lal Mosque Moth ki Mosque Moti Mosque (Mehrauli) Moti Mosque (Red Fort) Mubarak Begum Mosque Nizamuddin Dargah Nizamuddin Markaz Mosque Purana Qila Qila-i-Kuhna Mosque Qutb Minar complex Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki Shia Jama Mosque Sunehri Mosque Zeenat-ul-Masajid
Goa	Safa Mosque
Gujarat	Achut Bibi's Mosque Ahmed Shah's Mosque Baba Lului's Mosque Bawaman Mosque Dastur Khan's Mosque Haibat Khan's Mosque Jama Mosque, Ahmedabad Jama Mosque, Champaner Jami Mosque, Khambhat Jumma Mosque Kevada Mosque Lila Gumbaj Ki Mosque Malik Alam's Mosque Malik Isan's Mosque Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque Mohammed Ghous Mosque Nagina Mosque Qutub-e-Alam's Mosque Qutbuddin Mosque Rani Rupamati's Mosque Rani Sipri's Mosque Saiyad Usman Mosque Sardar Khan's Mosque Sarkhej Roza's Mosque Shah-e-Alam's Mosque Shahpur Mosque Sidi Bashir Mosque Sidi Saiyyed Mosque Shah Wajihuddin's Mosque
Haryana	Kabuli Bagh Mosque Mosque of Ala Vardi Khan Thanesar Pathar Mosque
Himachal Pradesh‎	Jama Mosque, Dharamshala
Jammu and Kashmir	Aali Mosque Hazratbal Shrine Jamia Masjid Khanqah-e-Moula Pathar Mosque Madin Sahib Jamia Masjid Bhaderwah
Jharkhand	Jama Mosque, Ramgarh
Karnataka	Bilal Mosque Jama Mosque, Bijapur Jama Mosque Kalaburagi Masjid-i-Ala Zeenath Baksh Mosque
Kerala	Central Mahallu Juma Mosque Chempittapally Cheraman Juma Mosque Edappally Juma Mosque Juma Mosque, Pullancheri Kambalakkad Juma Mosque Kolloorvila Juma Mosque Madayi Mosque Malik Dinar Mosque Mampuram Mosque Mishkal Mosque Muchundi Mosque Nellikunnu Muhyaddin Juma Mosque Odathil Mosque Palayam Juma Mosque Ponnani Juma Masjid Shahre Mubarak Grand Mosque Tahir Mosque Thazhathangady Juma Mosque
Madhya Pradesh	Taj-ul-Masajid Jama Masjid, Mandu Lat Mosque
Maharashtra	Alamgir Mosque, Aurangabad Haji Ali Dargah Jama Mosque, Aurangabad Jama Mosque, Erandol Jama Mosque, Furus Jama Mosque, Mumbai Jama Mosque, Nagpur Jama Masjid, Nerul Kali Masjid, Jalna Moti Masjid, Jalna Jama Masjid, Jalna Gol Masjid, Jalna Chawki Masjid, Jalna Kadrabad Masjid, Jalna Miya Sahab Darga, Jalna Bilal Masjid, Jalna Aksa Masjid, Jalna Al-Furkan Masjid, Jalna Masjid Ghareeb Nawaz Sat Tad Mosque
Meghalaya	Madina Mosque, Shillong
Puducherry	Khutba Mosque, Pondicherry Meeran Mosque
Punjab	Mubarak Mosque, Qadian Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala Aqsa Mosque, Qadian
Rajasthan	Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra Ajmer Sharif Dargah
Tamil Nadu	Athar Jamad Mosque Bahram Jung Mosque Bawa Kassim Valiyullah Mosque Begumpur Mosque, Dindigul Big Mosque, Poonamallee Butt Road Jumma Mosque Casa Verona's Mosque Dharma Kidangu Mosque Goripalayam Mosque Hafiz Ahmad Khan Mosque Jama Mosque, Kanchipuram Kazimar Big Mosque Kattubava Mosque Kottaimedu Mosque Makkah Mosque (Chennai) Malik ibn Dinar Mosque Mamoor Mosque Masjid e Mahmood, Choolaimedu Masjid-e-Anwari Masjid-o-Anwari Meltheru and Keeltheru Mosques Mohaideen Andavar Mosque Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque Nadir Shah Mosque Nawab Jamia Mosque Palaiya Jumma Palli Periamet Mosque Thousand Lights Mosque Triplicane Big Mosque Triplicane Labbai Jamaath Mosque Sungam Mosque
Telangana	Afzal Gunj Mosque Charminar Chowk Ke Mosque Hayat Bakshi Mosque Jama Mosque, Golconda Judi Mosque Khairtabad Mosque Kulsum Begum Mosque Makkah Masjid (Hyderabad) Mian Mishk Mosque Masjid E Qutub Shahi (Langer Houz) Musheerabad Mosque Shahi Mosque Spanish Mosque Toli Masjid
Uttar Pradesh	Aasfi Masjid Alamgir Mosque Atala Mosque, Jaunpur Ayodhya Mosque, Dhannipur Babri Masjid Chaukhamba Mosque Eidgah, Kheri Ganj-e-Shaheedan Mosque Great Mosque, Budaun Gyanvapi Mosque Humayun Mosque Jama Mosque, Agra Jama Mosque, Dildar Nagar Jama Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri Jama Mosque, Jaunpur Jama Mosque, Lucknow Jama Mosque, Mathura Jama Masjid, Pilibhit Lal Darwaza Mosque Mina Mosque Moti Masjid (Agra Fort) Nagina Mosque Purani Mosque Sir Syed Mosque Ziarat Shareef
West Bengal	Adina Mosque Bari Mosque Basri Shah Mosque Baro Shona Masjid Chawk Masjid Fauti Mosque Furfura Sharif Hooghly Imambara Jama Masjid, Motijheel Katra Masjid Kherur Mosque Khustigiri Madina Mosque Motichur Mosque Nakhoda Mosque Sayed Jamaluddin Mosque Tipu Sultan Mosque Yellow Mosque
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