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.^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[citation needed]}

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