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Acting on Supreme Court’s orders, UP government allotted a 5-acre land in Dhannipur village in Sohaval Tehsil of Ayodhya for the mosque
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The blueprint of the mosque was unveiled on December 19
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The construction work of the much-awaited Dhannipur mosque project will finally begin in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh from today. According to reports, the project will commence with a tree sapling plantation drive and raising of the tricolour.
As per the blueprint released by the Indo-Islamic Cultural Foundation (IICF), the mosque will be of the same size as that of the Babri Masjid, however, the shape of the structure will be very different from that of other mosques.
Mosque project to begin on Republic Day
The IICF, a trust formed by the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board, confirmed that a ceremony will be held to mark the beginning of the project on January 26 i.e. Republic Day.
During the ceremony, the national flag will be hoisted on the five-acre plot of the project at around 8.30 am. It will be followed by plantation of tree saplings by the chief trustee and the member trustees of the IICF.
As envisaged in the project, a green area, which will have plants from all over the world – from the Amazon rainforest to areas in Australia that report bushfires – and from all different geographical regions of India will be developed to create awareness on the imminent threat posed by climate change.
Blueprint of the mosque project
The first pictures of the project were released on December 19 last year by the IICF. Following the release, secretary and spokesperson of the trust Athar Hussain had confirmed that the Dhannipur Mosque project includes a hospital, a museum, a library, a community kitchen, the Indo-Islamic Research Centre, a publication house and a mosque.
A mosque measuring 15,000 square feet will be built in Ayodhya’s Dhannipur village. It will be of the same size as that of the Babri mosque. The shape of the mosque may be completely different from that of other mosques.
Although the blueprint suggests a circular mosque with a unique minaret over it, project architect SM Akhtar hinted that it may be square-shaped like the Kaaba Sharif in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
