Badshahi Mosque

The Badshahi Mosque ( Urdu بادشاہی مسجد " Imperial Mosque " ) in Lahore is the second largest mosque in Pakistan and one of the largest mosques in the world. It rises on a platform accessible via stairs in the old town opposite the fortress of Lahore. Built in 1673/74 on the orders of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb, it is considered one of the most important works of the Indo-Islamic religious architecture of the Mughal period.

The Badshahi Mosque is similar to the two decades previously established Jama Masjid in Delhi. The building, whose vertices are labeled by four low, octagonal minarets with attached pavilion is dominated by three white marble domes. The symmetrical structure of pink, LABEL FOR inlaid with white marble sandstone consists of a high central Ivan, which is adjoined on both sides of five smaller Ivane. On the square courtyard find over 50,000 worshipers. He is surrounded by a crenellated, on each side, about 150 meters long wall, are high minarets on its corners. The water basin at its center is intended for ritual purification before prayer. The main building is on the west side of the courtyard, the entrance is in the east. The interior of the mosque adorn executed in stucco tendrils and cartouches.

Near the entrance, there is also a small museum where relics of Islamic saint are to visit, such as the turban of the Prophet Mohammed.