Badshahi Mosque - Lahore, Pakistan
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N 31° 35.298 E 074° 18.679
43R E 434660 N 3495009
This is the main mosque of the city of Lahore, in Pakistan
Waymark Code: WM180A3
Location: Pakistan
Date Posted: 05/02/2023
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Badshahi Mosque is an impressive mosque. It resembles Jama Masjid, in New Delhi and in fact there is a connection between the two: the builder of Delhi's mosque was Shah Jahan who was the father of Aurangzeb, the emperor who comissioned Badshahi Mosque.
It's located in the core of Lahore, literaly in front of the main gate of the famous Lahore Fort.
From Wikipedia:
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"The Badshahi Mosqueliterally The Royal Mosque) is a Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab. The mosque is located west of Lahore Fort along the outskirts of the Walled City of Lahore, and is widely considered to be one of Lahore's most iconic landmarks.
The Badshahi Mosque was built between 1671 and 1673 and by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The mosque is an important example of Mughal architecture, with an exterior that is decorated with carved red sandstone with marble inlay. It remains the largest mosque of the Mughal-era, and is the third-largest mosque in Pakistan. In 1799, during the rule of Ranjit Singh of the Sikh Empire, the mosque's courtyard was used as a stable and its hujras (cells) as soldiers quarters. When the British Empire took control of Lahore in 1846 it was used as a garrison until 1852. Subsequently the Badshahi Mosque Authority was established to oversee its restoration as a place of worship. It is now one of Pakistan's most iconic sights."
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