Comparative StudyBara Gumbad Mosque

Lodhi Garden, Delhi

Lavanya Vashist

1st Year Studio B

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Bara Gumbad Mosque

Khirki Mosque

The Dome in Bara Gumbad Mosque is

constructed by taking a

receeding Squinch whereas the

in Khirki Mosque it is made

by a Pendentive.

Khirki Mosque Bara Gumbad Mosque

The Bara Gumbad Mosque has double domes slightly tapering towards the top with an inverted lotus flower on top, whereas the domes in Khirki Mosque are low domes constructed using roughly shaped stones covered in render

Bara Gumbad Mosque Khirki Mosque

Period: Lodi Dynasty,1494 Tughlaq Dynasty,1354

Typology: private mosque attached to a tomb public mosque

Plinth: The Mosque has a 23 mx7.5 m rectangular plan The Mosque has a 52 mx52 m square plan

It is raised on a plinth 3 m . It is raised on a plinth 3 m.

Masonry: ashlar stone masonry rubble masonry with plaster

Courtyard: common, shared by tomb There are four open courtyards encircled by arcades

Bara Gumbad Mosque

Oriel windows projecting on its north, south and on the west from the back of the minhrab bay, are features, which distinguish the early Mughal mosques. The rear corners and the side of the minhrab-projection are occupied by tapering minarets in the Tughluq style

Khirki Mosque

four corners of the mosque are adorned with towers with three protruding gateways, one in the middle of each face, with tapering turrets flanking each gate The main gate, which leads to the Qibla on the western wall, has a projecting Mihrab.

Bara Gumbad Mosque

The front of its rectangular prayer-hall is faced by five arched openings, thecentral one sited in a projecting frame. 

Over the arches runs a chhajja. The three central bays of the hall are surmounted bylow domes, the end-bays being covered by flat roofs. Oriel windows projecting on its

north, south and on the west from the back of the minhrab bay

Khirki Mosque

There are three entrances into themosque,west,north and south and total of 85domes on th roof. The wet entrance faces

the qibla. The southern gate, with imposingsteps at the main entrance, exhibits a

combination of arch and trabeatedconstruction. It has an ornamental

rectilinear frame. The turrets flanking thesouthern and northern gates are circular inshape; the articulation on these gives them

a three storied appearance.