Bada Gumbad

The Bara Gumbad is a big building with a huge dome on top. It's next to a mosque and a guesthouse in a park called Lodi Gardens in New Delhi. A long time ago, people called Lodi dynasty built these buildings. They were made at different times, but they all sit on the same raised platform.

The Bara Gumbad was finished in 1490 and it has the first full dome ever built in Delhi. People aren't sure what it was used for because there's no tombstone in it. The mosque was finished in 1494 and it's a simple building with five rooms for prayer. The guesthouse is on the other side of the platform from the mosque.

You can get to the Bara Gumbad by going through Lodi Gardens, which is a really big park with lots of trees and grass. The buildings sit on a platform that's three meters high and about 30 meters long and 25 meters wide. There are walls that connect the buildings, and stairs to get up to the platform.

The medieval structure known as Bara Gumbad can be found in Lodhi Gardens in Delhi, India. It is one of the four monuments in the gardens, along with a mosque (Jama Masjid), Sikandar Lodhi's "mehman khana," or guest house, and his tomb. It is believed that Bara Gumbad has the earliest completed full dome of any Delhi structure. It was constructed in 1490 CE during the Lodhi dynasty. It is speculated to be either a gateway or a freestanding tomb, but its purpose is unknown. The monument is close to Shisha Gumbad and the Tomb of Sikandar Lodhi. The three structures were built, but not simultaneously, during the Lodhi era. In the vicinity of the Khairpur village is the Bara Gumbad. The square monument is supported by a plinth. The mosque is 20 meters long, 29 meters high, and 20 meters wide. The structure is supported by a raised platform that is 4 meters high and has walls that are 12 meters high. The end bays of the mosque have flat roofs and low domes in the central bays. The mosque's sides and rear corners are adorned with semicircular minars. With bracket and lintel beams, the architecture combines Hindu and Islamic styles. The park that now houses the monument was opened in 1936 and was originally known as Lady Willingdon Park. After India gained independence in 1947, it was renamed Lodhi Gardens.