Showing posts with label Islamabad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamabad. Show all posts
Friday, October 4, 2013
Saidpur Village, Margalla Hills, Islamabad
Saidpur
is a Mughal-era village on the slopes of the Margalla Hills, Islamabad,
Pakistan. The village has the footprints of various civilizations,
including Gandhara, Greek, Buddhist, Mughal, Ashoka and the colonial
periods, and now serving as a popular recreational spot for both local
and foreign visitors.
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Monday, September 30, 2013
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Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Thursday, September 12, 2013
Faisal Masjid Islamabad - A Masterpiece
The Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the
largest mosque in Pakistan and South Asia and the sixth largest mosque
in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world from 1986 to 1993
when overtaken in size by the completion of the Hassan II Mosque in
Casablanca, Morocco. Subsequent expansions of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand
Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in
Medina, Saudi Arabia during the 1990s relegated Faisal Mosque to fourth
place in terms of size.
Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft)[citation needed] and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds). Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (the world's third largest mosque), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.[1]. Each of the Mosque's four minarets are 80 m (260 ft) high (the tallest minarets in South Asia) and measure 10 x 10 m in circumference.
The Faisal Mosque is named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.
Faisal Mosque is conceived as the National Mosque of Pakistan. It has a covered area of 5,000 m2 (54,000 sq ft)[citation needed] and has a capacity to accommodate approximately 300,000 worshippers (100,000 in its main prayer hall, courtyard and porticoes and another 200,000 in its adjoining grounds). Although its covered main prayer hall is smaller than that of the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca (the world's third largest mosque), Faisal Mosque has the third largest capacity of accommodating worshipers in its adjoining grounds after the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca, the Al-Masjid al-Nabawi (Prophet's Mosque) in Medina.[1]. Each of the Mosque's four minarets are 80 m (260 ft) high (the tallest minarets in South Asia) and measure 10 x 10 m in circumference.
The Faisal Mosque is named after the late King Faisal bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, who supported and financed the project.
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