Wednesday 12 December 2012

Badshahi Masjid



People and my blogger friend get ready to have another very beautiful trip to Badshahi Masjid(Lahore)

BADSHAHI MASJID:

USEFUL INFORMATION:

The Badshahi Masjid (Urdu: بادشاہی مسجد‎) or the 'Royal Masjid' 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 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 5,000 worshippers in its main prayer hall and a further 95,000 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 after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Masjid) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Masjid) in Medina, the Hassan II Masjid in Casablanca and the Faisal Masjid in Islamabad.
To appreciate its large size, the four minarets of the Badshahi Masjid 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 Masjid, which is the largest masjid courtyard in the world.
In 1993, the Government of Pakistan recommended the inclusion of the Badshahi Masjid as a World Heritage Site in UNESCO's World Heritage List, where it has been included in Pakistan's Tentative List for possible nomination to the World Heritage List by UNESCO.

     

       
                                               Badshahi Masjid



             inner view

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                       detail of white marble inlay in red sand stone

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              main entrance gate

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             Beautifully embellished main archway

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            Cusped arch frames a minaret

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                    Minar-e-Pakistan richly framed by an aisle arch

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         you have seen the place like place behind the Masjid,this is the palace where
         Ranjit Singh, ( Maharaja Ranjit Singh was the founder of the Sikh Empire, which came to power in the Indian subcontinent in the early half of the 19th century. The empire, based in the Punjab region, existed from 1799 to 1849)


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      Most importantly this is theDr Allama Iqbal's mausoleum adjacent to the Mosque's gateway.He is the national poet of Pakistan.He is also know as "Poet of East"

    
     students from universities use to visit this beautiful Masjid

    

Members of delegation also visited Masjid

 
   General Public visiting Masjid

  
 
    At evening Masjid is looking great


                night view of Masjid

I hope you will enjoy this trip with me to Great Badshahi Masjid,now pack your stuff to get ready to go home:)
 














               







 

7 comments:

  1. MashaAllah, it's a beautiful presentation of the beautiful badshahi masjid which is a centre of attraction for the tourists.
    I have visited it once and went on top of minaret to have an overview of the city.
    Especially, to look for my "GC Uni Lahore" and the Punjab uni Lahore."
    I did visit Qila and "aakhri Aaraamgah of the poet of the East."
    ****Sunny! thank u for taking me back there.

    It would be a delightful read for your other audience hoprfully.

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  2. thankyou so much Mr Tariq,i really apreciate you like it

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  3. I agree with the above. Particularly impressed with the facade and the main archway.

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    1. thanks Mr Dave,i really happy that you like it.

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  4. Beautiful pictures, Sunny, and what marvelous architecture. Thanks for sharing.

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  5. sunny shade on my blog is missing.

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