Grand Jamia Mosque ( ur, گرینڈ جامع مسجد), is a
cultural complex under construction in
Bahria Town Karachi
Bahria Town Karachi is a privately owned gated suburb just off the M-9 Motorway northeast of Karachi, Pakistan. The suburb is being developed by the Bahria Town Group, and occupies over . Construction started in 2014 and will continue.
The com ...
, Pakistan. When completed, the complex will include what would be Pakistan's largest and the world's
third-largest mosque according to capacity.
The mosque will be able to accommodate 800,000 worshippers at a time.
Design
The design is a blend of
Mughal and
Persian
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architecture.
An area of at the top of a hill was selected so that the mosque would be visible from miles away. The design includes a single-monument minaret. The Mosque contains 150 domes in total.
Height of the largest single dome is 75 meters. High quality
beige
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-coloured marble from
Balochistan
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is used in the construction. The complex will be surrounded by large gardens surrounded by arch-shaped walls on all four sides.
The mosque will have fountains within the courtyard. To protect worshippers from the sun, the courtyard will have
automated
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umbrellas similar in design to the ones in
Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.
Gallery
Bahria_Town_Karachi_Grand_Mosque_1.jpg, Grand Mosque Bahria Town Karachi
BTK Grand Mosque 2.jpg, Grand Mosque
See also
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List of largest mosques
This article lists mosques from around the world by available capacity, that belong to any Islamic school or branch, that can accommodate at least 15,000 worshippers in all available prayer ( or ) spaces such as prayer halls, courtyards () and ...
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Islamic architecture
Islamic architecture comprises the architectural styles of buildings associated with Islam. It encompasses both secular and religious styles from the early history of Islam to the present day. The Islamic world encompasses a wide geographic ...
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Architecture of Pakistan
Pakistani architecture is intertwined with the architecture of the broader Indian subcontinent. With the beginning of the Indus civilization around the middle of the 3rd millennium BC,Guisepi, R.A. . Retrieved on February 6, 2008 for the first t ...
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List of mosques in Pakistan
Being an Islamic country, Pakistan is home to thousands of mosques. Some of the mosques are quite famous because of their size, beauty, architecture and history. The following is a list of mosques in Pakistan.
See also
* Islam in Pakistan
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Wazir Khan Mosque
; ''Masjid Wazīr Khān'') is a 17th-century mosque located in the city of Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The mosque was commissioned during the reign of the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a part of an ensemble of buildings tha ...
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Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore
Grand Jamia Mosque Lahore ( ur, ) is a mosque located in Bahria Town, Lahore, Pakistan. With a capacity of 70,000 worshippers, it is the third largest mosque in Pakistan and the fourteenth largest mosque in the world.
Designed by Nayyar Ali Da ...
References
Mosques in Karachi
Bahria Town
Grand mosques
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