With its two sandstone-and-marble minarets towering above the narrow lanes of Old Delhi, it’s no wonder that Jama Masjid is the walled city’s most emblematic attraction. More than just a place of worship, it has also emerged as an important centre of social and political life in pre- and post-independence India.
My sister and I were about to walk away when a man came up to us and told us we could enter the mosque by another entrance.
Right at this moment, the gatekeeper looked over and beckoned for us to enter. We were pleasantly surprised as he had turned us away a few minutes ago, saying Jama Masjid was not yet open.
This was how we accidentally found ourselves in one of the largest mosques in India, built by the same Mughal emperor who had commissioned the construction of the Taj Mahal, on one of
