Srinagar: The restoration work at the historic Jamia Masjid began here on Tuesday after a gap of 250 years.
Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who heads the Anjuman-e-Auqaf or mosque management, tweeted that to begin with restoration of the heritage minarets had been taken up under the supervision of experts.
Alhamdulillah, Restoration work in progress on the heritage minarets of the historic #JamaMasjid after gap of around 250 years .Under the supervision of experts work undertaken by Anjuman Auqaf Jamia Masjid pic.twitter.com/f9bu7RcsAb
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) October 2, 2018
الحمد للہ مرکزی جامع مسجد سرینگر کے تاریخی میناروں کی تجدید کاری کا کام تقریباً 250 سو سال کے بعد ہاتھ میں لیا گیا ہے اور انجمن اوقاف ماہرین کی نگرانی میں یہ کام انجام دے رہی ہے pic.twitter.com/W8OnmOX3BY
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) October 2, 2018
The Mirwaiz delivers his weekly congregational sermon on Friday at the mosque, which was built by Sultan Sikander Shahmiri in 1394.
Prayers at the mosque were disallowed during the Sikh rule in Kashmir from 1820 to 1846.
[source_without_link]IANS[/source_without_link]