TEMPLES CONVERTED INTO MOSQUES







Gyanvapi Mosque
The Gyanvapi mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was constructed by demolition of Kashi viswanath temple .the Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. It is located north of Dashashwamedh Ghat, near Lalita Ghat along the river Ganga









Temple of Vishveshwur, Benares by James Prinsep









Intricate Hindu stone carvings on the cloister columns at Quwwat ul-Islam Mosque, Qutb complex, Delhi.













Hagia Sophia, an Eastern Orthodox church converted into a mosque after the Fall of Constantinople;

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