Rani Rupamati's Mosque

A high central arch, three imposing domes, slim minarets, carved galleries and an exquisite mihrab are there.

The central section is an elevated level that rises above the small flanks and provides for a pierced clerestory, which carries the dome above.

Though broken short in the 1819 Rann of Kutch earthquake, the bases of their minarets, from the fine tracery in their niches, are still the mosque's chief beauty.

This is one of the buildings where the attempt to combine the arched Indo-Islamic and the flat Hindu architectural styles was hardly a success; the plainness of the central arch clashes with the extreme richness of the upper cornice and the side minarets.

[2] Close by the mosque is a monument, with a large central and two side domes, raised over the tombs of Rani Rupamati and the other queen.