Grand Jamia Mosque (Karachi)
The Grand Jamia Mosque, is a mosque under construction in Bahria Town Karachi, in the Sindh province of Pakistan. When completed, the complex will include a mosque with the capacity to accommodate 800,000 worshippers at a time, making it Pakistan's largest and the world's fourth-largest mosque according to capacity.
Design
The design is a blend of Mughal and Persian architecture. An area of at the top of a hill was selected so that the mosque would be visible from some distance away. The design includes a single-monument minaret. The Mosque contains 150 domes in total.The height of the largest single dome is. High quality beige-coloured marble from Balochistan is used in the construction. The complex will be surrounded by large gardens surrounded by arch-shaped walls on all four sides.The mosque will have fountains within the courtyard. To protect worshippers from the sun, the courtyard will have automated umbrellas similar in design to the ones in Al-Masjid an-Nabawi.