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Toli Masjid 		Golconda - Minarets

Patancheru Tombs

Minarets

The upper half of this mosque is the most ornate of the period. The parapet is composed of a series of arched jali screens, each of a different pattern. Above this runs a row of crenellations punctuated by six finials. The elaborately decorated minarets have three receding tiers of octagonal galleries, the central one raised on a series of deeply recessed, carved mouldings and petals. The minaret shaft is covered with curvilinear patterns. The composition is surmounted by a near-spherical dome and a brass finial.

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