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It's huge and it's only the world's eighth largest mosque.
The sea of white reflecting under the sun
Awesome sights are shaun approved!
Floral patterns constantly line the walls of the mosque
Close up of the flower patterns
Ah finally a sun shade! :P
The front main door of the main prayer room
The towers with overlooking balconies
Stepping into the inner areas of the mosque
mmm squeaky clean!
Even the flooring marble patterns are all intricately laid out
The inner walkways with the iconic gold palm pillars
Looks like jeff needs some additional clothing to enter. :P
The holding room before the main prayer room
It already looks reall good in here
View of the roof candelier
Looking out through the main doors into the courtyard
lets head into the main prayer room
Oh wow!
The sights just gets better with each turn!
The place is nicely carpeted
and has space for a total of 40,000 devotees
The central candelier viewed directly from below
The main prayer stand
Few of the nicely decorated pillars within the hall
between each pillar structure sits a rather neat looking stained glass flower
view of the central area from the sides
making our humble exit from the halls
Couldn't get enough of perfection?
feast your eyes on these!
The mosque also spots 82 domes in total of different sizes
and is home to few nice gardens too
view of the exterior gardens within the Mosque compound
Strange that all the water ponds are all dry
Oh at least there's some water bodies here
Fountains are like an oasis here, a rare sight indeed
This one jumps too!
Taking a walk by the gardens by the main building
And an occasional duck into the walkways to escape the burning desert sun
Sigh, views you can never get tried of
The mosque actually spots a fusion of different architectures
namely Arab, Mughal and Moorish architecture.
The Ablution areas are located in the basement
Being the 20th century, is accessible by escalators. :P
The Ablution central drinking fountain
The galleries to the washing areas
No expense were spared in the washing area too, they look fantastic
Even the toilets are beautifully decorated
Possibly one of the nicest toilets on our trip!
You need to don slippers to visit the toilets too