05-19-2007, 02:35 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->It is called the Mecca Masjid because its central arch is believed to contain bricks brought from the holy city of Mecca. It took over 75 years to build the grand mosque. The construction had started during the regime of Mohammad Quli Qutb Shah, the sixth Sultan of Hyderabad and completed by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd--> on NDTV