Originally Posted by grahamb
Re: Fatehpur Sikri, it was 7 years ago when I was there and I can't remember if it was in a guidebook where I read about the similarity to Mecca or if it was a guide there who told me.
I checked and it was a guidebook. The Lonely Planet for India (7th edition which was current when I was at Fatehpur Sikri) says:
Jama Masjid (Dargah Mosque)
Fatehpur Sikri's beautiful mosque contains elements of Persian and Hindu design and is said to be a copy of the mosque at Mecca...
which is suitably vague and could mean that the author spoke to the same guide at Fatehpur Sikri that I did
