Madina_Mosque,_Shillong
The Madina Mosque (Arabic: مسجد المدينة شيلونغ) is a four-storey mosque in Shillong, India. It took one and a half years to complete and is the only glass mosque in India.[1] It serves Meghalaya's largest Muslim community, the Sunni Muslims. The mosque is adjoined to the Meherba Orphanage, Islamic Library & Information Centre, and Islamic Theological Institute Markaz. It is one of the largest mosques in Northeast India, and the biggest in Meghalaya, accommodating more than 2,000 worshippers for congregational prayers.
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The mosque was opened by the General Secretary of the Shillong Muslim Union Sayeedullah Nongrum and was inaugurated by Salman Khurshid, Shamim Akhtar, and Vincent Pala.