Adina Mosque in Pandua

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Adina Mosque in Pandua is a monumental 14th-century congregational mosque in West Bengal, India, renowned as one of the largest and most architecturally significant examples of early Indo-Islamic architecture in the region.

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instanceOf Indo-Islamic architectural site ⓘ
historical monument ⓘ
mosque ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Adina Masjid ⓘ
Adina Mosque ⓘ
architecturalStyle Bengal Sultanate architecture ⓘ
Indo-Islamic architecture ⓘ
builtBy Sikandar Shah ⓘ
builtDuringReignOf Sikandar Shah ⓘ
capacity tens of thousands of worshippers ⓘ
completionDate circa 1370s ⓘ
condition partly ruined ⓘ
constructionStart circa 1360s ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalSignificance major example of Bengal Sultanate mosque architecture ⓘ
denomination Sunni Islam ⓘ
dynasty Ilyas Shahi dynasty ⓘ
feature arched openings ⓘ
barrel-vaulted central nave ⓘ
calligraphic inscriptions ⓘ
hypostyle prayer hall ⓘ
large central courtyard ⓘ
mihrab wall ⓘ
multiple domes ⓘ
ornamental stucco ⓘ
stone carvings ⓘ
function congregational mosque ⓘ
heritageStatus protected monument ⓘ
historicalPeriod 14th century ⓘ
Sultanate period ⓘ
locatedIn Malda district ⓘ
linked to: Malda

Pandua ⓘ
West Bengal ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
managedBy Archaeological Survey of India ⓘ
materialUsed brick ⓘ
reused temple stone ⓘ
stone ⓘ
nearbyCity Malda ⓘ
notableFor being one of the largest mosques in the Indian subcontinent in the 14th century ⓘ
early Indo-Islamic architectural synthesis ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
use of spolia from earlier Hindu and Buddhist structures ⓘ
orientation qibla wall facing west ⓘ
planType courtyard mosque ⓘ
region Bengal Sultanate ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
tourism popular heritage tourism site in West Bengal ⓘ

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