Varanasi - Mosques

Mosques

In the order of their importance the mosques in Varanasi are the Gyanvapi Mosque, the Alamgiri Mosque, the Ganj-e-Shaheedan Mosque and the Chaukhamba Mosque which cater to the prayer needs of 25% of the Muslim population out of total popualtion of about a 1 million. Muslims have been residing in Varanasi since several generations startimng from the rule of the Delhi Sultanate.

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