Thousand Lights Mosque – situated at the Anna Salai Road in the city. Well-known worship place for the Muslims in the Chennai city of Tamil Nadu.

The mosque is popular for its architecture and its historical and religious importance. In early 19th century, the place where the mosque presently stands used to be the assembly place of the Muslims, during the month of Muharram.

Later, the assembly hall was built, following which the mosque was constructed.

The total area of the land, which was donated by Nawab Wallajah, occupied by the Thousand Lights Mosque is 3 acres. There is an interesting story behind the name of the mosque. It is said that 1000 lamps needed to be lit in order to illuminate the assembly hall. From this, it derived its name, Thousands Lights Mosque. However, there are others, who are of the belief that the lights were provided by the Indian National Congress to mark their first visit to the city of Madras. The mosque is a medieval architectural style building.

It has an exhilarating structure, with multi domes and spearing minarets. The average height of the minaret is 64 feet above the ground. The mosque is adorned with the quotes from the holy book of Muslims, the Quran.