Location Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Established 638
Branch/tradition Islam
Administration Saudi Arabian government
Leadership Imam(s):
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
Saud Al-Shuraim
Architectural information
Capacity 900,000 (increased to 4,000,000 during the hajj period)
Minaret(s) 9
Minaret height 89 m (292 ft)
Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām (Arabic: المسجد الحرام, pronounced [ʔælˈmæsdʒɪd ælħɑˈrɑːm], "The Sacred Mosque") is the largest mosque in the world. Located in the city of Makkah, it surrounds the Kaaba, the place which Muslims worldwide turn towards while performing daily prayers and is Islam's holiest place. The mosque is also known as the Grand Mosque.[1]
The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square metres (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to four million Muslim worshipers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world.
- AKA: Ka’aba or Khana Ka’bah
- Location: Makka, Saudi Arabia
- Built in: Around 2000 BC
- Built by: Originally built by Prophet Ibrahim
- Capacity: 8000,000 worshipers
- Special Features & Measurements:
surrounds Ka’aba
Holiest place for the Muslims of the world
Covers an area of 400800 Square meters
It has the largest annual religious gathering in the world
It has Hijr-e-Aswad
It has Aab-e-Zamzam in its premises
Height of Ka’bah is 39 feet & 6 inches.
Italian marble used for flooring, which absorbed the heat in summer and convert it hotness into coolness and in winter it convert its coolness into hotness.
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