Masjid-e-Tooba or Tooba
Mosque also known as Gol Masjid, is located in the
city of Karachi, Sindh the province of Pakistan. It is
situated in the phase 2 of DHA (Defense Housing Authority), Karachi. The
construction of the mosque began in 1966 and completed in 1969. The mosque was
designed by Pakistani architect Babar Hamid Chauhan and the engineer was Zaheer
Haider Naqvi.
This mosque
has the capacity to hold up to 5,000 people. Masjid e Tooba is built with pure white
marble. The dome 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. Claims to be the largest single-dome mosque in
the world with no pillars in its central prayer hall. Its huge dome is
supported on a low surrounding wall.
