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Contrary to the popular belief that that there an immense
cluster of Mosques in India and centers of Islamic learning
in the Northern and central part of the country, Mosques and
Centers of Islamic worship are also located in the southern
territory in India. Islam as a religion found itself on a
threshold of change when it entered into Southern India through
the Bahmanies, and the rulers of Deccan. Islam as a religion
found itself amalgamating with the Dravidians in a peculiar
way to produce a new kitsch in styles of architecture in centers
of Islamic worship and Mosques in Southern India.
Mosques in Deccan
Adil Shahis and Qutb Shahis ruled Deccan in the 16th-17th
century A.D. and contributed to the creation of Mosques in
Southern India and the continuation of Islam as a religion
in Southern India. Goa, too boasts of a couple of beatific
and simplistic Mosques in Southern India and centers of Islamic
worship. Jama Masjid, in Goa located at a distance of 26 km
from Margao is a simply built and clean Mosque, which is cornered
by four minarets and two towers, balanced upon two kiosks,
flank the entrance. The other Mosque is the famous Safa Masjid
at Ponda, which was built by Ibrahim Adil Shah of Bijapur.
Adjacent to the Mosque is a renowned masonry tank with chambers
ornamented with Mehrabi patterns. The twin festivals of Id-Ul-Fitar
and Id-Ul-Juha are celebrated with great pomp and splendor
in these two Mosques in Southern India, India.
Centers of Islamic Worship in Hyderabad
The commonly occurring style of construction is the Adil
Shahi pattern. Sultan Quli Qutb Shah in the year 1518 assumed
independence from the Delhi Sultanate and initiated a pattern
of construction called the Adil Shahi pattern. The Safa Mosque
built by the dynasty is a lesser-known center of Islamic worship
as compared to Charminar but very well preserved and ornamented.
Then there is the Jamshid, which is another of those beautiful
structures built by the second King for himself. The architectural
style used in this part was alien in nature as it tended to
ignore the left over stumps of Indian Temples and believed
in starting anew with incorporations from Persia, Turkey and
Arabia.
India Travel Destinations incorporates information
and tours to Mosques in a culturally rich South India and
on-line booking to places of Islamic worship in South India.
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