Kerala unveiled the model of what is billed as India's biggest mosque in Kozhikode, Kerala on Monday, Jan. 30, 2012. The proposed mosque is estimated to accommodate more than 25,000 people in its courtyard. The work on the mosque is expected to begin in April and would be completed in 18 months.
The mosque is to come up in a 40 acres are and the complex will also house a heritage museum, convention halls, and a media centre, according to the Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya headed by Muslim scholar Kanthapuram AP Aboobaker Musliyar, who unveiled the model.
"The heritage museum is for the protection and exhibition of all such holy remnants of prophets and men of Islamic importance, and this will surely add a new dimension to the cultural life of Kerala," said Musliyar.
Delhi's Jama Masjid is currently India's biggest mosque.
The mosque is to come up in a 40 acres are and the complex will also house a heritage museum, convention halls, and a media centre, according to the Jamia Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya headed by Muslim scholar Kanthapuram AP Aboobaker Musliyar, who unveiled the model.
"The heritage museum is for the protection and exhibition of all such holy remnants of prophets and men of Islamic importance, and this will surely add a new dimension to the cultural life of Kerala," said Musliyar.
Delhi's Jama Masjid is currently India's biggest mosque.
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