Masjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque is located in Karachi, Sindh,
Pakistan.Locally, it is also known as the Gol Masjid. Masjid e Tooba was
built in 1969 in Defense Housing Society, Karachi. It is located just off main Korangi Road. Masjid e Tooba is often claimed to be the largest
single dome mosque in the world. It is also major tourist attraction in
Karachi. Masjid e Tooba is built with pure white marble. The dome of
the Masjid e Tooba is 72 meters (236 feet) in diameter, and is balanced
on a low surrounding wall with no central pillars. Masjid e Tooba has a
single minaret standing 70 meters high. Masjid e Tooba is the 18th
largest mosque in the world with the central prayer hall having a
capacity of 5,000 people. It has been built keeping acoustics in mind. A
person speaking inside one end of the dome can be heard at the other
end. This mosque was designed by Pakistani architect Dr Babar Hamid
Chauhan and the engineer was Zaheer Haider Naqvi.
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