Mina Mosque

The Mina Mosque, also known as the Heavenly Mosque, is a Sunni mosque, situated near Diwan-i-Khas in the Agra Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque was built, entirely of white marble, by Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor, in 1631-1640 CE, for his personal use.

The mosque is a Monument of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India. Currently, the mosque is not accessible to the public.

Architecture It has a small open court in front of the three-arched prayer-chamber. There is no ornamentation and it is simple. It is enclosed and secured on all sides by high walls and cannot be seen from outside and can neither be accessed without a sole passage.It is a very narrow passage arising from the corridors adjoining the Musamman Burj, at a low height where people would have to stoop to enter. This passage leads through a short flight of stairs to the mosque area. It appears that, Shah Jahan used this mosque during his imprisonment in the adjoining apartment of Musamman Burj, also called Shah Burj, from 1658 to 1666 CE.

Mina Mosque

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