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Lahore District · Punjab, Pakistan
Grand Jamia Mosque, Lahore
One of the world's largest mosques, in Bahria Town, Lahore: 70,000 worshippers, four 165 ft minarets and four million Multani tiles.
The Grand Jamia Mosque in Bahria Town, Lahore, designed by Nayyar Ali Dada and opened on Eid al-Adha, 6 October 2014, holds 70,000 worshippers, 25,000 of them indoors, making it the third-largest mosque in Pakistan. Its design draws on the Badshahi Mosque, Wazir Khan Mosque and Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Mosque: four minarets 165 feet tall, a great dome ringed by twenty smaller ones, and an exterior faced with four million handmade Multani tiles. Inside are Turkish carpets, more than fifty Iranian chandeliers, and an Islamic museum, library and art gallery.
Why go
- ✦Room for 70,000 worshippers
- ✦Four million handmade Multani tiles
- ✦Designed by Nayyar Ali Dada, opened in 2014
How to Reach
In Bahria Town, Lahore.
Planning tip
Best Time to Visit, October to March; evenings, when the mosque is lit, are especially fine.
Getting there, In Bahria Town, Lahore.
Allow, One hour.
What to Do
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