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Jama Masjid
The
mosque at Sikri was the first structure to be built in 1571.
The exterior is modest but the interior carries the most gorgeous ornamentation
in the floral arabesques and ingenious geometrical patterns in brown, red, turquoise,
black and white.
The spacious courtyard adds a stately charm to the place.
It could accommodate ten thousand men at prayer.
Akbar was so enthusiastic about this mosque that he occasionally swept the floor
and gave azan (call for prayer).
On June 26, 1579, Akbar even read the khutba himself, a great innovation, earlier
attempted only the Timur and Mirza Ulugh Beg.
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