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Built in 1969, the Masjid e Tooba is the largest mosque in Karachi , Pakistan . Situated in Defence Housing Authority, it is probably the largest single dome mosque in the world, and is an important tourist attraction.1Built in white marble, the dome is 72 meters (236 feet) in diameter, and is balanced on a low surrounding wall with no central pillars. The mosque has a single minaret standing 70 meters high.2The central prayer hall has a capacity of 5,000 persons.3
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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.
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Masjid e Tooba or Tooba Mosque ( ) is in Karachi , Sindh , Pakistan , and is locally known as the Gol Masjid .Masjid e Tooba was built in 1969 in Defence Housing Society Karachi , Karachi.It is 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 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. The mosque is the 18th largest in the world with the central prayer hall having a capacity of 5,000 people.It was 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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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 (Defence 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.The Express Tribune (newspaper) . 24 November 2015 .
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Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan 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 (Defence 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. It has one dome without any pillars/columns with the area of 67 meters (213 ft).It has a total area of 4657m². The Express Tribune (newspaper) . 24 November 2015 .
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Mosque in Karachi, Pakistan Masjid-e-Tooba ( Urdu : مسجد طوبٰی ) also known as Gol Masjid ( lit. ' Round Mosque ' ), is a mosque located in the city of Karachi in Sindh province of Pakistan .It is situated near the main Korangi Road in Phase II of the Defence Housing Authority, Karachi ."Karachi's Tooba Mosque, with massive dome and no pillars, is an 'architectural masterpiece' " .
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largest mosque in karachi
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mosque located in the city of karachi in sindh province of pakistan
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