Jama Masjid
Jama Masjid site features
Last updated on October 19, 2026The mosque
The mosque rises on a platform about 10 metres above the city. Three sandstone gateways open onto a square courtyard roughly 99 metres to a side, centred on a marble ablution tank and edged by arcades.
Across the west side, the 61-by-27-metre prayer hall forms a long red wall punctuated by a large central arch and ten smaller arches. Three striped marble domes sit above it. At both ends, 41-metre minarets repeat vertical bands of sandstone and white marble.
The interior is quieter in pattern but still strongly ordered: seven bays answer seven prayer niches, and black-and-white marble marks individual prayer positions on the floor.
Key highlights
The courtyard
. A red-sandstone square holds about 25,000 worshippers, with an ablution tank at its centre.
The prayer hall
. A 61-metre western façade carries eleven arched openings and three marble domes.
The minarets
. Two 41-metre towers in alternating red and white stone frame the hall.
The three gates
. Broad stairways reach the north, south and former royal eastern entrances from different parts of Old Delhi.