Jamia Masjid srinagar kashmir..

Описание: Jamia Masjid is a 600-year-old mosque in Srinagar, located in the Nowhatta area amidst the bustle of local bazaars. The tranquil mosque is known for its unique architecture, the highlight being the 378 wooden Deodar pillars. The mosque becomes especially crowded on Fridays. The fountain inside the mosque premise is used for ablution or wadu.

Jamia Masjid was built by Sultan Sikandar Shah Kashmiri Shahmiri in 1394, under the orders of Mir Mohammad Hamadani, who was the son of Said-ul-Auliya Mir Sayyid Ali Hamadani. Sultan Sikandar's son, Zain-ul-Abidin, later on, extended the Jama Masjid by including turret in the primary structure. The architectural style of the Jamia Masjid is inspired by the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, and also bears similarities to Buddhist pagodas.The mosque is large in size and can accommodate 33333 people at a time.
The first incidence of fire was in 1479. The subsequent reconstruction of 1503, 1620 - 37 during Jahangir's reign, 1674 during Aurangzeb's reign and that of 1913 have remained fairly true to the original floor plan with some changes occurring in the style to suit the taste of later periods, the last being in the Indo-Saracenic style. The construction of 1913 was done under Maharaja Pratap Singh with substantial government aid and supervision.

The main entrance to the mosque is through the Southern gateway where the history of the mosque is found inscribed and on a block of black marble is the royal decree (farmam) of Emperor Shah Jahan records his orders of cutbacks on taxes levied by Governor Itaqad Khan and the appointment of Zafar Khan as the new provincial governor.

The perimeter of the mosque is a quadrangle of approximately 383'-10" (117m) long and 32'-9" (10m) high. Based on the Iranian mosque model, it has 4 iwans, one on each side of a 262'-6" (80m) inner square courtyard. Done mostly in wood and some brick, it is an impressive adaptation of the Persian mosque form to the traditional mosque (ziyarat) which draws inspiration from Buddhist, Hindu and indigenous wooden architecture. The façade, windows and arches are in the Persian style while the pillars, colonnades and ceilings are done in the indigenous style of a log cabin.

The mosque is accessible from the north, east and south, each projecting entrance corresponding to an iwan. The southern gateway forms the main entrance. Unlike the typical iwan of a Persian mosque, the iwans for this mosque are done in the style of the local mosque or ziyarat, which usually is an independent structure. The form of a ziyarat is a cubic hall that is roofed by a series of low pyramidal roofs on which is an open pavilion for the muezzin that terminates in a spire. The open pavilion and the spire together represent the minaret. Each of the four minarets (minar) is capped by an umbrella shaped finial associated with Buddhist dagoba. The main prayer hall in under the west iwan.

The roof of each minaret is supported on eight columns of deodar pine, each 50' (15.2m) in height and over 6' (1.8m) in girth, each made from a single deodar tree trunk. The roof of the cloistered halls that border the courtyard and connect the four iwans are also supported by 378 similar deodar columns that soar to the height of 26'-3" (8m) and give the impression of a forest, especially since they are plain and unadorned. The original square limestone bases for these columns are still intact.