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The Badshahi Mosque was built at the height of Mughal architecture during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb. It is a symbol of Lahore's Islamic and architectural history. (built 1672-74).
Lahore, the heart of the historic city, is a jumble of buildings bathed in dreary light and surrounded by chaotic traffic.
Scan from slide ..................................................................................1995
The Badshahi Mosque (Urdu: بادشاھی مسجد), or the 'Emperor's Mosque', in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world. It is Lahore's most famous landmark and a major tourist attraction epitomising the beauty, passion and grandeur of the Mughal era.
Capable of accommodating 10,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and 100,000 in its courtyard and porticoes, it remained the largest mosque in the world from 1673 to 1986 (a period of 313 years), when overtaken in size by the completion of the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Today, it remains the second largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the fifth largest mosque in the world after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina, the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca and the Faisal Mosque in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Mosque are 13.9 ft (4.2 m) taller than those of the Taj Mahal and the main platform of the Taj Mahal can fit inside the 278,784 sq ft (25,899.9 m2) courtyard of the Badshahi Mosque, which is the largest mosque courtyard in the world.
(Source : Wikipedia Encyclopedia)
Mother's Day, Every Day - IMRAN™
(My 136th Flickr Explore!)
Happy Mother’s Day. Christmas day was also my late, beloved Mother's birth anniversary. She was only 50 when we lost her, more than 3 decades ago, 2/2/92 in Pakistan.
I appreciate those who remembered and messaged me, and those who keep her memories alive by telling others about their interactions with this truly incredible woman.
Thank you for your prayers, for her and my late beloved Dad too. Honor your parents, always and forever, whether it is Christmas, Mother's Day, their birthday, anniversary of passing, and every other day.
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Lahore, Pakistan in 2006
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