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The Taj-ul-Masajid is the largest mosque in India and one of the largest in Asia. It takes inspiration from Mughal architecture and is built with red sandstone, which gives a pink facade to its outer walls, topped by two 18-storey high octagonal minarets with marble domes and a courtyard with a large ablution tank in the centre. Its construction was initiated by Nawab Shah Jahan Begum in 1871, but |
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