Masjid e Koh e Imam e Zamin, Secunderabad


History

The Kohe Imam-e-Zamin is an Ashoorkhana named after Imam Musa Ar-Reza (Born on December 29, 765, in Medina; Martyred on August 23, 818), also known as Imam-e-Zamin, which means 'surety or guarantee'. He was the eighth Imam of the Shia Muslims and a descendant of Muhammad and is buried at a mausoleum in Mashed in Iran

Kohe Imam-e-Zamin, also called as Kohe Imam Pahadi, is a 462 year-old picturesque dargah situated at the hilltop at Ammuguda , Sainikpuri. The rock was identified during the Quli Qutub Shah period as Maulali Hill. The Quli Qutb Shah kings were Shia Muslims and great patrons of the Shia Imams and had built many ashoorkhanas around the city.The hillock has two access points –visitors can either climb up 167 steps or can take the ramp.


Restoration

Abrasive Cleaning of stone walls, that are lime and enamel painted over the years, paint material hardened due to weathering, forming several layers of thick coat over the stone walls, paint strippers and abrasive cleaning over and over brough back the old sheen of the hard stone walls.

• Brush Cleaning

• Water Jet

• Abrasive Cleaning

• Paint Stripping