As the capital of India, Delhi city abounds with various historical sites. So it is the country's largest mosque Jama Masjid. It was built in the years 1650-1656, during the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, who also initiated the construction of the famous Taj Mahal.

The mosque is located on the main street of Old Delhi. It was originally known as the Masjid-i-Jahan Numa, and the name "Jama" is derived from the word "Jammu" - so the weekly service which held at noon every Friday.

Jama Masjid has a very impressive size - its capacity is 25 thousand people. It is a complex of a main building and the courtyard surrounding high wall, which measures 8058 meters by 549 meters. In the courtyard can be accessed through one of three gates - South, North and East, every gate is a large staircase, and each has a different number of stages, the longest consists of 774 steps, leading to the North Gate. The central building has a square shape, and built on a kind of platform height of 1.5m. Its roof has 8 domes decorated with white marble and purple stripes. Two of three-level height of the minaret of the mosque are 41m and built of white marble and red sandstone. Each of them is a staircase of 130 steps.

Inside the mosque is located several rooms designed for worshipers. They are decorated with magnificent marble arches. In one of the rooms are laid slabs of white marble inlaid with inscriptions also in marble, but black.

Despite the huge number of tourists visiting it, the mosque is in force, so in front of it you need to take off your shoes and put on special clothes and in prayer people who are not Muslims, to enter prohibited.