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.
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