Adina mosque
The Adina Mosque was the largest mosque in the entire Indian subcontinent in terms of area and could be compared to those of Damascus , Baghdad , Cordoba and Cairo . It is located in Pandua (formerly Firuzabad ) in the Malda district in West Bengal .
history
The Adina Mosque was built in 1373. The client was Sultan Sikandar I , son of Shamsuddin Ilyas Shah , the founder of the Sultanate of Bengal . When and why the mosque was destroyed is not known - only parts of the actual prayer room including the women's gallery are still preserved. Many bricks were reused in the construction of houses in the area.
architecture
The Adina Mosque, mainly made of bricks, was a partially covered courtyard mosque with outer sides of about 155 × 87 m. The courtyard area was surrounded by three-aisled pillar halls. The pillars at the entrance to the prayer hall are clad with natural stone, the pillars inside were plastered in the upper part. The natural stone slabs used in the construction mostly come from the demolition of Hindu temples . All components, including the area in front of the Mecca- oriented qibla wall and the mihrab , were domed. The women's gallery shows upward tapering bundle pillars with mighty capitals.
