Shahre Mubarak Grand Masjid

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Sha're Mubarak masjid
Basic information
Location India Calicut, India
Affiliation Islam
State Kerala
District Calicut
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Mosque
Architectural description
Architect(s) Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture
Architectural style Islamic
Construction cost 400 Million Rupees ($7.5 million)
Specifications

Sha're Mubarak Masjid (literally: Blessed Hair Grand Mosque) is a proposed mosque in Calicut, Kerala state, south India under the Markaz by Sheikh Aboobacker Ahmed. It is proposed along with Knowledge City on 12 acre land and is said to accommodate about 25000 people at an estimated cost of about 400 million.[1][2][3][4]

It is said to be based on the Mughal architectural style.and follow the green building concept . Besides the vast prayer hall, the complex would have an auditorium for conducting seminars, a huge library and facilities for accommodating over 1000 people at a time.[5] The building would cover eight acres and would be surrounded by a four-acre green belt and garden.

It will contain a relic believed by Muslims to be a hair of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.The name of the Masjid comes from the Arabic word shahre, meaning hair, and mubarak, meaning blessed.

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