Bara Gumbad

The Bara Gumbad is a medieval located in in , India. It is part of a group of monuments that include a Friday mosque and the "mehman khana" of Sikandar Lodi, the ruler of the Delhi Sultanate.
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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: mosque in India
  • Also known as: “Bada Gumbad”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Lodi Gardens and Shish Gumbad.

Park
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is a city park situated in . Spread over 90 acres, it contains Muhammad Shah's tomb, the , the Shisha Gumbad and the Bara Gumbad.

Monument
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, also spelt Shisha Gumbad, is a tomb from the Lodi dynasty and is thought to have possibly been constructed between 1489 and 1517 CE; the historian Simon Digby has argued on the basis of an inscription in the adjoining mosque that it was completed in 1494 CE.

Arts center
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is an arts center, which is situated 270 metres southeast of Bara Gumbad.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Safdarjung and Lodhi Colony.

Neighborhood
area consists of mainly two localities in South Delhi, namely Enclave and Development Area. There are several districts in located south of the 's Tomb.

Suburb
is a Central Government Officers and Staff Residential Colony in South Central part of , built in the 1940s, and lies adjacent to the Lodhi Gardens and Lodhi Road.

Neighborhood
is India’s first open-air public art district, located in Lodhi Colony, New Delhi. It features large-scale murals and street art created by artists from India and around the world.

Bara Gumbad

Latitude
28.59303° or 28° 35′ 35″ north
Longitude
77.22033° or 77° 13′ 13″ east
Inception
1494
Open location code
7JWVH6VC+64
Open­Street­Map ID
way 220693076
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Wiki­data ID
Q11914956
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Bara Gumbad” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بارا غومباد”
  • Bengali: “বড়া গুম্বদ”
  • Bhojpuri: “बड़ा गुंबद”
  • Catalan: “Bara Gumbad”
  • Catalan: “complex Bara Gumbad”
  • Catalan: “Complex Bara Gumbad”
  • Hindi: “बड़ा गुंबद”
  • Japanese: “バラ－・グンバド”
  • Japanese: “バラ・グンバッド”
  • Spanish: “Bara Gumbad”
  • Ukrainian: “Бара Ґамбад”
  • Urdu: “بارا غومباد”
  • “बड़ा गुंबद”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include India International Center and C.D. Deshmukh Auditorium.

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