Located near Lal Darwaza in Ahmedabad, the Sidi Sayyad Mosque
is world renowned for its intricate stone carvings, especially
for its ten unique and splendid semi-circular tracery windows.
The tracery resembles the famous silver filigree work, depicting
the intricate intertwining of the branches of a tree. Constructed
in 1572-73 by Sidi Sayyad, a salve of Ahmed Shah, the mosque
presents a fine example of Indo-Saracenic architecture.
The interior of the Sidi Sayyad Mosque is uniquely divided
into 15 areas with differing inner dome-style. The mosque
has a total of ten intricately carved stone windows. Two of
them (western windows) have unmatched exquisite naturalistic
patterns and the remaining eight have jail workmanship of
square grid pattern. Their popularity can be assessed from
the fact that the wooden models of the western windows have
been kept in the museums of New York and Kensington. You can
also buy the mosque's models in miniature, which can be perfect
souvenirs for your friends and family.
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