Here's a short description of the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore ¹ ²:
- The Badshahi Mosque is an iconic Mughal-era congregational mosque in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
- The mosque is located opposite the Lahore Fort in the outskirts of the Walled City.
- The Badshahi Mosque was built by the Mughal emperor Aurangzeb between 1671 and 1673.
- 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 the third-largest mosque in Pakistan.
- The mosque was built as a tribute to Aurangzeb's military campaigns in southern India.
- The mosque has a large courtyard that can accommodate 100,000 worshipers.
- The mosque also functions as an idgah.
- The minarets of the mosque are 196 feet tall.