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Mosque in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India For other places with the same name, see Big Mosque.

Big Mosque
பூந்தமல்லி பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்
Location
MunicipalityChennai
StateTamil Nadu
CountryIndia
Big Mosque, Poonamallee is located in Tamil NaduBig Mosque, PoonamalleeShown within Tamil Nadu
Geographic coordinates13°03′13″N 80°16′27″E / 13.053737°N 80.274177°E / 13.053737; 80.274177
Architecture
Typemosque
StyleIndo-Saracenic
Date established1653

The Big Mosque (Tamil: பூந்தமல்லி பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்) in Poonamallee, a suburb of Chennai, India was constructed during the rule of the Golconda Sultanate by Rustam, son of a Golconda courtier named Astirabad Dhulfiqar. Constructed in 1653, it was the first in Tamil Nadu to be built in the Indo-Saracenic style. The mosque follows the principles of Ahle Sunnath-Wal-Jama'th.

References

  • S. Muthiah, ed. (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India. Vol. 1. Palaniappa Brothers. p. 124.
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