| 词条 | Alamgir Mosque |
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| building_name = Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi Beni Madhav ka Darera Aurangzeb's Mosque | image = Alamgir Mosque by the Ganges ghats, Varanasi.jpg | caption = | map_type = India Uttar Pradesh | map_size = 250px | map_caption = Location in Uttar Pradesh, India | location = Varanasi, India 25.31 N 83.01 E | coordinates = {{coord|25.311|83.01|region:IN|display=inline,title}} | religious_affiliation = Islam | state = Uttar Pradesh | municipality = | consecration_year = | status = Functional | functional_status = | heritage_designation = | leadership = | architecture_style = | founded_by = Aurangzeb | year_completed = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | materials = }} The Alamgir Mosque, Varanasi, also known as Beni Madhav ka Darera and Aurangzeb's Mosque, is a mosque built in the 17th century by emperor Aurangzeb in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.{{Sfn|Gupta|1987|p=38}}{{fcn|date=February 2018}}{{Sfn|Crowther|Raj|Wheeler|1984|p=}} LocationThe mosque is located at a prominent site above the Panchganga Ghat. The ghat has broad steps that go down to the Ganges.{{Sfn|Hussain|1999|p=70}} HistoryDedicated to Lord Vishnu, the Hindu temple, built by Beni Madhur Rao Scindia, a Maratha chieftain, was demolished when the emperor Aurangzeb had captured Banaras and razed the temple. Aurangzeb then built a mosque over the ruins of the temple in 1669{{Sfn|Dunlop|Sykes|Jackson|2001|p=135}} and named it as Alamagir Mosque in the name of his own honorific title "Alamgir", which he had adopted after becoming the emperor of the Mughal empire.{{Sfn|Kumar|2003|p=90}}{{Sfn|Betts|McCulloch|2013|p=213}} Non-Muslims are not allowed to enter the mosque.[1] FeaturesThe mosque is architecturally a blend of Islamic and Hindu architecture. {{Sfn|Kumar|2003|p=90}} The mosque has high domes and minarets.{{Sfn|Shetty|2014|p=73}}{{Sfn|Betts|McCulloch|2013|p=213}} Two of its minarets were damaged; one minaret collapsed killing a few people and the other was officially brought down owing to stability concerns.{{Sfn|Betts|McCulloch|2013|p=213}} The Panchaganga Ghat where the mosque is situated is where five streams are said to join. In October lamps are lighted on top of a bamboo staff as a mark of guidance to the ancestors.{{Sfn|Shetty|2014|p=73}}References1. ^{{cite book|title=Fodor's essential India : with Delhi, Rajasthan, Mumbai & Kerala.|date=2015|publisher=Fodor's|isbn=9781101878682|location=New York}} Bibliography
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