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Mosque or Masjid, such a beautiful place it is to connect with Almighty,
but it seems the modern world is ruining the essence of this place as
most of famous mosques in Pakistan have become more of tourist places
than a place to worship and offer prayer. Being a traveler you might
find it an interesting idea to visit a country's places where people
worship, but being a religious person you might feel a little bad about
it.
And being a rational person, you would definitely find it alarming that
prominent mosques in Pakistan are being more actively visited by
photographers than for those people for whom it is actually built. Some
of such mosques are part of this list.
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Bahria Grand Mosque
Grand Jamia Mosque is located in Bahria Town, Lahore. Its construction
was completed in 2014. It was designed by Nayyar Ali, a Pakistani
architect. It can accommodate a total of 70,000 worshipers in its main
areas including indoors and courtyard. It has become a popular place for
wedding photoshoots. |
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Faisal Masjid
It was designed by a Turkish architect Vedat Dalokay and its
construction was completed in 1986. It was ranked as largest mosque in
the world from 1986 to 1993. Approx 74,000 people can offer prayer
within main areas and up to 200,000 people can offer prayer in adjoining
grounds. However, it is more of a popular Photography place. |
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Badshahi Masjid
It was built by Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb and its construction was
completed in 1673. Currently, it is 5th largest mosque in the world. It
has capacity of 100,000 people. It is more of a tourist place than a
place to worship, you would only see rush of people on Eid or when some
religious scholar is visiting this place for special sermon. |
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Wazir Khan Mosque
Wazir Khan Mosque was built in 1635 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jehan. This
mosque is named after then-governor of Lahore Hakim Shaikh Alim-ud-din
Ansaro who was commonly known as Wazir Khan. People mostly visit this
mosque just because they want to see the infrastructure of walled city
of Lahore. |
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Sukh-Chain Society Mosque
Even though this is a private society's mosque, but still people from
other areas visit this mosque mostly to see the fascinating design of
this mosque, and many left the mosque even without offering 2 nafal
there.
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Bhong Masjid, Sadiqabad
It has become an attraction of Sadiqabad. Whenever wanderers visit this
place, they too just visit it for photography, and they too left the
mosque without offering a prayer of gratitude.
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Abbasi Masjid
Having 3 domes and 4 minarets, this mosque is an exact replica of Moti
Masjid at Red Fort in Delhi, and was built in 1844 A.D. Some 100km away
from Bahawalpur, this mosque is also visited for photography charms. |
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