The Badshahi Masjid or the ‘Emperor’s Masjid’ in Lahore is the second largest Masjid in Pakistan and South Asia
and the seventh largest Masjid in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion
and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore’s
most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating
10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its
courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest Masjid in the world from 1673
to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of
the Faisal Masjid in Islamabad.
Today, it remains the second largest Masjid in Pakistan
and South Asia and the fifth largest Masjid in
the world.
Sunday 25 December 2011
7. Badshahi Masjid, Lahore, Pakistan
The Badshahi Masjid or the ‘Emperor’s Masjid’ in Lahore is the second largest Masjid in Pakistan and South Asia
and the seventh largest Masjid in the world. Epitomising the beauty, passion
and grandeur of the Mughal era, it is Lahore’s
most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction. Capable of accommodating
10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 100,000 in its
courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest Masjid in the world from 1673
to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of
the Faisal Masjid in Islamabad.
Today, it remains the second largest Masjid in Pakistan
and South Asia and the fifth largest Masjid in
the world.
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