Mecca Masjid Photo Gallery

Mecca Masjid is the biggest mosque in Hyderabad and located just 100 yards south-west of Charminar. The construction of the Mecca Masjid was begun by Sultan Muhammad Qutb Shah. Nearly 8000 masons and labourers worked on it. The construction work continued during the reigns of Abdullah Qutb Shah and Abul Hasan Tana Shah. Finally 77 years after it was begun, Mecca Masjid was completed in 1694 by the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. The name Mecca Masjid is derived from the Grand Mosque at Mecca in Saudi Arabia on which it is patterned.