Jamia Masjid

Built by Adil Shah-I (1558-1580), as a suitable place for worship for the ever increasing population of the city, the mosque is a finely proportioned, rectangular building with graceful arches. The Monument 1600 Sq.Ft. in area is most extensive among the edifices of Vijayapura. The flooring of the prayer hall is marked with 2250 musallahs (spaces for prayer), defined by black borders, each large enough for one worshipper, The Central miharb (an arched recess in the interior wall of a mosque) on the western wall, is covered with lines from the Holy Quran etched in exquisitely gilded calligraphy.