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
surface form: Malda district

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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Indo-Islamic architecture notableExample Adina Mosque in Pandua