Mughal Architecture: Jama Masjid

Pool for Cleansing

Photograph © Medha Malik Kudaisya -- may be used without prior permission for any educational or scholarly purpose.

The washing of feet, hands and faces prior to the observance of prayer by the faithful. Water as a purifying element is common to all religious traditions in South Asia.

References

Asher, Catharine B. Architecture of Mughal India. New York, Cambridge University Press, 1992.

Blake, Stephen. Shahjahanabad. The Sovereign City in Mughal India 1639-1739. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

Richards, John. The Mughal Empire. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

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