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Fatehpur Sikri is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Rajastan, India.

Jama Masjid: It is a Jami Mosque meaning the Friday Mosque congregational mosque, and was perhaps one of the first buildings to come up in the complex, as its epigraph gives AH 979 (A.D. 1571-72) as the date of its completion, with a massive entrance to the courtyard, the Buland-Darwaza added some five years later. It was built in the manner of Indian mosques, with iwans around a central courtyard. A distinguishing feature is the row of chhatri over the sanctuary. There are three mihrabs in each of the seven bays, while the large central mihrab is covered by a dome, it is decorated with white marble inlay, in geometric patterns.

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[**Fatehpur Sikri**](http://www.panoramio.com/user/84717/tags/Fatehpur%20Sikri) is a [**UNESCO World Heritage Site**](http://www.panoramio.com/user/84717/tags/UNESCO%20World%20Heritage%20Sites) in [**Rajastan**](http://www.panoramio.com/user/84717/tags/Rajasthan), [**India**](http://www.panoramio.com/user/84717/tags/India).
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**Jama Masjid:** It is a Jami Mosque meaning the Friday Mosque congregational mosque, and was perhaps one of the first buildings to come up in the complex, as its epigraph gives AH 979 (A.D. 1571-72) as the date of its completion, with a massive entrance to the courtyard, the Buland-Darwaza added some five years later. It was built in the manner of Indian mosques, with iwans around a central courtyard. A distinguishing feature is the row of chhatri over the sanctuary. There are three mihrabs in each of the seven bays, while the large central mihrab is covered by a dome, it is decorated with white marble inlay, in geometric patterns.

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