Moorish Mosque
The Moorish Mosque is a mosque located in Kapurthala in the state of Punjab, India. Commissioned by Maharajah Jagatjit Singh, the last ruler of Kapurthala, the mosque was completed in 1930 in a fusion of Indo-Islamic and Moorish Revival styles, patterned on the lines of the Grand Mosque of Marrakesh, Morocco.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nabanita Sinha, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Mosque
- Description: mosque in Punjab, India
- Also known as: “Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kapurthala railway station.
Kapurthala railway station
Railway station
Kapurthala is a railway station located in Kapurthala district in the Indian state of Punjab and serves Kapurthala city. Kapurthala station is managed by Firozpur railway division of Northern Railway zone of Indian Railways. Kapurthala railway station is situated 390 metres south of Moorish Mosque.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kapurthala and Wadala Kalan.
Kapurthala
Photo: MSharma, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kapurthala is a city in Punjab state of India. It is the administrative headquarters of Kapurthala District. It was the capital of the Kapurthala State, a princely state in British India.
Wadala Kalan
Village
Wadala Kalan is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 7 kilometres from Kapurthala, which is both district and sub-district headquarters of Wadala Kalan. Wadala Kalan is situated 6 km east of Moorish Mosque.
Wadala Khurd
Village
Wadala Khurd is a village in Kapurthala district of Punjab State, India. It is located 8 kilometres from Kapurthala, which serves as both the district and sub-district headquarters for Wadala Khurd. Wadala Khurd is situated 7 km east of Moorish Mosque.
Moorish Mosque
- Categories: place of worship and religion
- Location: Kapurthala, Kapurthala district, Punjab, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
31.36988° or 31° 22′ 12″ northLongitude
75.38082° or 75° 22′ 51″ eastOpen location code
8J3Q999J+X8OpenStreetMap ID
way 636504449OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipWikidata ID
Q19894140
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Moorish Mosque” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “المسجد المغربي”
- Bengali: “মুরিশ মসজিদ, কাপুরথালা”
- French: “mosquée maure de Kapurthala”
- French: “Mosquée maure de Kapurthala”
- Fulah: “Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala”
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: “Moorish Mosque, Kapurthala”
- Hausa: “Masallacin Moorish, Kapurthala”
- Malayalam: “മൂരിഷ് പള്ളി, കാപൂർത്തല”
- Malayalam: “മൂറിഷ് പള്ളി, കാപൂർത്തല”
- Santali: “ᱢᱩᱨᱤᱥ ᱢᱚᱥᱡᱤᱫᱽ, ᱠᱟᱯᱩᱨᱛᱷᱟᱞᱟ”
- Tamil: “மூரிஷ் பள்ளிவாசல்”
- Urdu: “موریش مسجد، کپورتھلہ”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Navab Jassa Singh Ahluwalia College and DH Kapurthala.
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