Bara Gumbad, Lodhi gardens

ASI (Archealogical survey of India) protected momument

false double storey structure

8years old Bday party at Bara Gumbad

This three domed mosque was built in A.H. 900 (1494) during Sikandar Lodhi’s reign, according to an inscription on its southern interior.

The mosque hall is faced with five arched openings and a frontage of bracket and chhaja cornice above them . the tapering minarets at the rear are in Tughlaq style but seem to anticipate the octagonal towers of early Mughal and Sur periods. The oriel windows on the north and south also anticipate features of later mosques.

The interior of the mosque is extremely rich in arabesque stucco decorations and paintings consisting of floral and geometric designs and Quaranic inscriptions partaking both the Tughlaq and Mughal features, it occupies an important place in the development of the Mughal mosque

The long hall in front of the mosque was built as a Miham Khaana (guest house).

The tank in the centre of the courtyard appears to have been filled later and a grave laid there.

details Bara Gumbad

Sish gumbad through the Bara gumbad compound

Sish Gumbad
meaning "head" , maybe even "north of " Bara Gumbad
The Bara Gumbad and Sish Gumbad are tombs, the Bara Gumbad is also a mosque daily prayers are offered here.

friday 13th March 2009
20th March 2009