Goshamal Baradari

Goshamal Baradari, circa 1890

Goshamal Baradari Masonic Building is a freemason building located in Hyderabad, India. It is a baradari building that was built in 1682.[1] It was donated for use as a Masonic hall in 1872 by the Nizam of Hyderabad.[2] It is located in Goshamahal.[3]

The 324-year-old Goshamahal Baradari is considered by the Freemasons as a precious monument with its massive, majestic balustrades, walls adorned by portraits and photographs of Freemasons in their regalia and an equally lavish banquet hall, all being awe-inspiring sights. Now the oldest Masonic temple in the country, the Baradari has nine Masonic lodges and chapters meeting inside its imposing interiors.

Freemasonry, said to be among the "world's oldest secular fraternal societies," is based on the "principles of fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man" and has a member list that boasts of names like Justice Devender Gupta, several nawabs of the Nizam's era, Nawab Salar Jung Bahadur, Maharaja Kishen Pershad, Raja Venkata Ram Reddy and several others.

References

  1. ↑ Masonic Lodge and Picquet Tank, Secunderabad, British Library, accessed 1 September 2010
  2. ↑ Goshamahal Baradari Masonic Hall
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Hyderabad/nothing-secretive-about-us-freemasons/article4516621.ece

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