Mosque of a Thousand Lights
Thousand Lights Moscow
India, Chennai
The Thousand Lights Mosque in Chennai, a place of sacred worship for Shiite Muslims, takes its name from the 1,000 lamps lit in the main hall. The mosque was built in 1810 and rebuilt several times. Now it has 2 minarets and 5 flattened domes, sayings from the Koran are painted on the walls. The mosque has a separate prayer room for women. On the territory of the temple, surrounded by a fence, there are also a library and a cemetery.