Badshahi Mosque(PUNJAB)

The Badshahi Mosque was

constructed by the Mughal
emperor Aurangzeb between 1671
and 1673 and was the largest
mosque in the world from 1673 to
1986. The mosque is an important
example of Mughal architecture,
with an exterior that is decorated
with carved red sandstone with
marble inlay.

Both the interior and exterior of the

mosque are decorated with
elaborate white marble carved with
a floral design common to Mughal
art. The carvings at Badshahi
mosque are considered to be
uniquely fine and unsurpassed
works of Mughal architecture. The
chambers on each side of the main
chamber contains rooms which
were used for religious instruction.
The mosque can accommodate
10,000 worshippers in the prayer
hall.At each of the four corners of
the mosque, there are octagonal,
three-storey minarets made of red
sandstone that are 196 feet (60 m)
tall, with an outer circumference of
67 feet and the inner
circumference is eight and half
feet. Each minaret is topped by a
marble canopy. The main building
of the mosque also features an
additional four smaller minarets at
each corner of the building.