Vellore Fort Mosque, Vellore
Vellore
Fort Mosque is located inside Vellore Fort Complex in Vellore Town in Vellore
District of Tamilnadu. This mosque is also known as Nawab Chanda Sahib Mosque. This
Mosque was built in 1750 by Nawab Chanda Sahib. It is one of the important
attractions in Vellore Fort. The entrance of the Masjid is on the northern side
of the Vellore Fort. This mosque has been constructed using Brick and lime and
still stands in good shape.
It is
rectangular in shape. On the front side it is plastered with lime and bricks. This
Indo-Saracenic style mosque has a prayer hall and the dimensions of the hall
are 40 feet in length and 15 feet in breadth. At the centre of the mosque there
is a big dome with minars on the sides. The mosque is decorated with floral
designs. Presently, Muslims are not allowed to pray inside the fort mosque
despite protest by several thousand people living in Vellore.
Vellore's
inhabitants believe that the Archaeological Survey of India(ASI) is being discriminatory by excluding Muslims from
the mosque while Hindus and Christians are not stopped from entering temple and
church respectively. However, some refute the claims of the Muslims, as in the
late 1980s, Muslims including the late Abdul Samad had given a commitment that
the Muslims did not want to worship inside the fort structure, in support of
re-opening of the Jalakandeswarar Temple. The local jamaat leadership was also against this
move, and blamed fringe political organizations of whipping up communal
dis-harmony.
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