Big Mosque, Poonamallee
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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