- Back in December, the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation had revealed the design of the upcoming mosque
- The first phase of the project will come with an infirmary and a community kitchen, that will serve at least 1,000 meals each day
- The mosque and its facilities have been designed by Lucknow-based architect and town planner, professor SM Akhtar
THoD Newsdesk, Uttar Pradesh: On Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (UPSCWB) officially launched the Dhannipur project on the allotted 5-acre land at Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village. The event was marked by hoisting the national flag and planting saplings, as the nearby region will be soon developed as a ‘green area’.
Back in December, the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation had revealed the design of the upcoming mosque, which included a blueprint of a futuristic egg-shaped building, which would be solar-powered and without any dome or minarets. The first phase of the project will come with an infirmary and a community kitchen, that will serve at least 1,000 meals each day, a museum, a library, an Indo-Islamic Research Centre and a publication house along with the mosque. This mosque and its facilities have been designed by Lucknow-based architect and town planner, professor SM Akhtar.
The Secretary of the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation, Athar Hussain said, “The new mosque will be bigger than the Babri Masjid, but won’t be a lookalike of the structure which once stood on the Ram Janmabhoomi premises. The hospital, of course, will hold the centre stage on the five-acre land allotted to the Sunni Waqf Board at Dhannipur village in Ayodhya. He added, “The hospital will serve humanity in the true spirit of Islam and as taught by the prophet in his last sermon 1400 years ago. The hospital won’t be a usual concrete structure, but will be in sync with the architecture of the mosque, replete with calligraphy and Islamic symbols.”
