Atala Mosque, Jaunpur

Atala Masjid or Atala Mosque is a -14th century mosque in Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is 300 metres away from Shahi Qila fort, and 1 km from the Jama mosque. It is 2.2 km north-northeast of Jaunpur, 7.3 km northwest of Zafarābād, 16.8 km north-northeast of Mariāhū, 26.3 km west-northwest of Kirākat.

Description
In 1377 A.D., Firuz Shah Tughlaq began the building of the mosque by demolishing the Atala Devi temple which was constructed by Jayachandra. The mosque was completed by Ibrahim Shah Sharqi of the Jaunpur Sultanate in 1408 A.D.

William Hodges made a sketch of this mosque and included it in his book Selected Views in India, Drawn on the Spot, in the Years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783, and Executed in Aquatinta.



There are three huge gateways for the entrance. The height of the mosque is more than 100 ft, and the total perimeter is 248 ft.

A madarsa named Madarsa Din Dunia is housed in the central courtyard of the mosque. The mosque is on the List of Monuments/Sites of Archaeological Survey of India of Directorate of Archaeology, (U.P.) and on the List of Monuments of Archaeological Survey of India.

Architecture
The central dome is almost 17 meters high above the ground, but cannot be seen from the front because of the tall tower (at 23 meters).