Mina Mosque

Mina Mosque
The mosque domes in 2013
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Agra Fort, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
Country	India
Location of the mosque in Uttar Pradesh
Administration	Archaeological Survey of India
Coordinates	27°10′43.8″N 78°01′22.6″E / 27.178833°N 78.022944°E / 27.178833; 78.022944
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Mughal
Founder	Shah Jahan
Groundbreaking	1631 CE
Completed	1640 CE
Specifications
Dome	Three
Materials	Marble
Monument of National Importance
Official name	Agra Fort: Mina Masjid
Reference no.	N-UP-A1-r
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Agra Fort
Criteria	Cultural: (iii)
Reference	251
Inscription	1984 (8th Session)
Location of the mosque in Agra Fort

The Mina Mosque, also known as the Heavenly Mosque, is a Sunni mosque, situated near Diwan-i-Khas in the Agra Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located in Agra, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque was built, entirely of white marble, by Shah Jahan, the fifth Mughal Emperor, in c. 1631-1640 CE, for his personal use.

The mosque is a Monument of National Importance, administered by the Archaeological Survey of India.¹ Currently, the mosque is not accessible to the public.

It has a small open court in front of the three-arched prayer-chamber. There is no ornamentation and it is simple. It is enclosed and secured on all sides by high walls and cannot be seen from outside and can neither be accessed without a sole passage.It is a very narrow passage arising from the corridors adjoining the Musamman Burj, at a low height where people would have to stoop to enter. This passage leads through a short flight of stairs to the mosque area. It appears that, Shah Jahan used this mosque during his imprisonment in the adjoining apartment of Musamman Burj, also called Shah-Burj, from 1658 to 1666 CE.