The Badshahi Mosque or the ‘Royal Mosque’ in Lahore, commissioned by the
sixth Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb in 1671 and completed in 1673, is the
second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest
mosque 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 55,000 worshippers in its main
prayer hall and a further 95,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it
remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of
313 years).
Badshahi Mosque of Lahore – Pakistan
Badshahi Mosque of Lahore – Pakistan
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