Masjid Moth
Masjid Moth – Once the Historical Monument is now a lesser known monument of Delhi.
The Masjid Moth was built by Wazir Miya Bhoiya, the minister of king Sikander Lodhi, during the 16th century AD. It is located between the present day Uday Park and the South Extension Part II area of South Delhi. There is an interesting story regarding the construction of the mosque. The land on which mosque was built was a forest land.
On one particular day Miya Bhoiya was strolling along with the king when the King suddenly bent down and picked up a grain of lentil or the moth ki dal. The king then presented the grain to his minister, Wazir Miya Bhoiya. Amazed at the gift given to him, the minister accepted it with matching humility and gratitude. On going home, the minister spent the whole night speculating over what should or could be done with the gift that had been bestowed on him by the king. Initially he thought that the grain should be thrown away. He, later, realized that if it were thrown away, then it would amount to disrespect to his king. So he thought of the ways to ensure that it should be protected in the proper manner. As dawn broke, the minister felt that it would be a good idea to plant the grain in his garden, which was quite huge. After that, he sowed the seed in the ground and dug the ground often to check if the seed was intact. He did not have to do it for long as the seedling grew with remarkable speed. In the first year itself, it gave as many as 200 grains of yield. Within a few years, the minister had multiplied the produce so much that history records a seed revolution. There was so much surplus that the minister decided to build a masjid from the income that came from the produce of moth. After the mosque was complete, he went to Sultan Sikander and invited him to visit the monument built from his gift. So pleased was the King with the minister that he even named the building, Moth ki Masjid or the Mosque from the Moth Lentil.
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