Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi
| Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi Beni Madhav ka Darera Aurangzeb's Mosque |
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| Location | Varanasi, India 25.31 N 83.01 E |
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| Affiliation | Islam |
| State | Uttar Pradesh |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Functional |
| Architectural description | |
| Founder | Aurangzeb |
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The Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi, also known as Beni Madhav ka Darera and Aurangzeb's Mosque, is a mosque built in the 17th century by emperor Aurangzeb over the ruins of a Hindu temple in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.[1][full citation needed][2]
Location
The mosque is located at a prominent site above the Panchganga Ghat, which is a funerary ghat. The ghat has broad steps that go down to the Ganges.[3]
History
Dedicated to Lord Vishnu, the Hindu temple, built by Beni Madhur Rao Scindia, a Maratha chieftain, was demolished when the emperor Aurangzeb had captured Banaras and had then ordered the total destruction of all its Hindu temples. Aurangzeb then built a mosque over the ruins of the temple in 1669[4] and named it as Alamagir Mosque in the name of his own honorific title "Alamgir", which he had adopted after becoming the emperor of the Mughal empire.[5][6]
Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the mosque.[7] The mosque has a security cordon ensured by the police.[8]
Features
The mosque built over the ruins of a Hindu temple is architecturally a blend of Islamic and Hindu architecture, particularly as the lower part of the walls of the mosque were built entirely from the remains of the Hindu temple.[5] The mosque has high domes and minarets.[9][6] Two of its minarets were damaged; one minaret collapsed killing a few people and the other was officially brought down owing to stability concerns.[6] The Panchaganga Ghat where the mosque is situated is where five streams are said to join. In October lamps are lighted on top of a bamboo staff as a mark of guidance to the ancestors.[9]
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- ↑ Gupta 1987, p. 38.
- ↑ Crowther, Raj & Wheeler 1984.
- ↑ Hussain 1999, p. 70.
- ↑ Dunlop, Sykes & Jackson 2001, p. 135.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Kumar 2003, p. 90.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Betts & McCulloch 2013, p. 213.
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- ↑ Vit-Suzan 2014, p. 11.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Shetty 2014, p. 73.
