Budgam mosque

• It is a 300-square feet, 16th century mosque in the Khanpur mughal sarai (inn) in Budgam.
• It was a prayer hall for Mughal emperors during their visits to Kashmir in the summer.
• The mosque has the typical architectural grammar of the Mughal era, with small arched windows well placed to allow cross ventilation and the ‘Mehrab’, a semicircular niche in the wall to lead prayers
• It is constructed using stone and lime mortar with a tiled roof.
• “The Archaeological Survey of India has the site already protected in 1958.

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