Razia Mosque

Razia Mosque
Razia Mosque
Religion
Affiliation	Islam
Location
Location	Varanasi, India
State	Uttar Pradesh
	Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Geographic coordinates	25°11′13″N 83°00′24″E / 25.18695°N 83.00658°E
Architecture
Founder	Razia Sultana

Razia Mosque is situated on Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque was built after demolishing Vishveshvara Temple.

History

The first original site of Vishveshvara or Vishvanatha (Golden) Temple. However, first destruction took place in 1194 by the order of Qutb-ud-din Aibak,^[1]^[2]^[3] including demolishing the temple of Visheshvara which was at the presently existing Razia Mosque. During her reign Razia Sultana (1236-1240) had built a mosque on the deserted site of the above temple.^[4] In 1448 Muhmud Shah Sharqui demolished the debris existing there and expanded the Razia Bibi Mosque. Later, Gyanvapi Mosque became second original site for Vishvanatha Temple which later again destroyed by Aurangzeb.^[5]^[6]^[a]

Architecture

The laonet of the prayer Hall in the Razia Bibi Mosque is unusual, the middle of the façade thrusts forward the central gate with three flanking arcades to either side. The interior is divided by a thick wall with openings provided by three arcades. The two hall thus formed are built of pillars lintels and slabs made from stone taken from a building dating back beyond CE 1000 (Original Vishvanatha Temple). Originally, the northern wall opened directly out onto a garden, there was no intervening wall but only two double columns bearing lintels in the east. This was clumsily walled up in relatively recent times. It is obvious from the close study of the architectural design and plan that mosque was not completed and that the south hall was originally supposed to be at the centre. The structure of the south hall is of 13th century (Razia Sultana)and the planned extension is probably 15th century (Mahmud Shah Sharqui).

References

^ Shin, Heeryoon (May 2015). Building a "Modern" Temple Town: Architecture and Patronage in Banaras, 1750-1900 (Thesis). Yale University. p. 4, 35, 38, 198.
^ Udayakumar, S. P. (2005). "Ramarajya: Envisioning the Future and Entrenching the Past". Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-275-97209-7.
^ Bakker, Hans (1996). "Construction and Reconstruction of Sacred Space in Vārāṇasī". Numen. 43 (1): 42–43. doi:10.1163/1568527962598368. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 3270235.
^ Dec 7, Binay Singh / TNN / Updated:; 2021; Ist, 09:52. "vishwanath: Destroyed, rebuilt over centuries, Kashi Vishwanath Temple emerges in new avatar | Varanasi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-01-15. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Desai, Madhuri (2017). "PALIMPSESTS AND AUTHORITY". Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City. University of Washington Press. pp. 30–72. ISBN 978-0-295-74160-4. JSTOR j.ctvcwnwvg.6.
^ Dumper, Michael (2020-08-24). "Hindu– Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present". Power, Piety, and People: The Politics of Holy Cities in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54566-2.

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[:13-1] Shin, Heeryoon (May 2015). Building a "Modern" Temple Town: Architecture and Patronage in Banaras, 1750-1900 (Thesis). Yale University. p. 4, 35, 38, 198.

[SPUday2005-2] Udayakumar, S. P. (2005). "Ramarajya: Envisioning the Future and Entrenching the Past". Presenting the Past: Anxious History and Ancient Future in Hindutva India. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 99. ISBN 978-0-275-97209-7.

[:14-3] Bakker, Hans (1996). "Construction and Reconstruction of Sacred Space in Vārāṇasī". Numen. 43 (1): 42–43. doi:10.1163/1568527962598368. ISSN 0029-5973. JSTOR 3270235.

[4] Dec 7, Binay Singh / TNN / Updated:; 2021; Ist, 09:52. "vishwanath: Destroyed, rebuilt over centuries, Kashi Vishwanath Temple emerges in new avatar | Varanasi News - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2022-01-15. {{cite web}}: |last2= has numeric name (help)CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[:6-5] Desai, Madhuri (2017). "PALIMPSESTS AND AUTHORITY". Banaras Reconstructed: Architecture and Sacred Space in a Hindu Holy City. University of Washington Press. pp. 30–72. ISBN 978-0-295-74160-4. JSTOR j.ctvcwnwvg.6.

[:8-6] Dumper, Michael (2020-08-24). "Hindu– Muslim Rivalries in Banaras: History and Myth as the Present". Power, Piety, and People: The Politics of Holy Cities in the Twenty-First Century. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-54566-2.

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