Great Mosque of Touba

Great Mosque of Touba

The central Mosque of the Mouride sufi order at Touba, Senegal.
Basic information
Location Touba, Senegal
Geographic coordinates 14°51′47.2″N 15°52′31.7″W / 14.863111°N 15.875472°W / 14.863111; -15.875472Coordinates: 14°51′47.2″N 15°52′31.7″W / 14.863111°N 15.875472°W / 14.863111; -15.875472
Affiliation

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Municipality Touba
Territory West Africa
State Senegal
Province Mbacké
Region Diourbel
Status Mosque
Leadership Amadou Bamba clan
Architectural description
Architectural type Mosque
Architectural style Islamic Architecture
Specifications
Capacity 7,000

The Great Mosque of Touba (French: Grande Mosquée de Touba) is a mosque in Touba, Senegal.It was founded by Amadou Bamba in 1887 and completed in 1963, who died in 1927 and is interred inside the mosque.[3]Since his death the mosque is being controlled by his family. It is the largest building in the city and one of the largest mosques in Africa, with a capacity of 7,000.[3]

Interior of the Great Mosque

It is the home of the Mouride Brotherhood, a Sufi order.

Design

The mosque has five minarets and three large domes. The central minaret is 87-metre (285 ft) tall,and is called Lamp Fall,who is a reference to Sheikh Ibrahima Fall, one of Bamba’s most influential disciples.

The immediate vicinity of the mosque houses the mausolea of Amadou Bamba’s sons, the caliphs of the Mouride order. Other important institutions in the center of the holy city include a library, the Caliph’s official audience hall, a sacred “Well of Mercy”, and a cemetery.

Burial

Amadou Bamba, buried inside the mosque.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14344082
  2. ↑ http://www.beautifulmosque.com/great-mosque-in-touba-senegal
  3. 1 2 "The Mourides: Inside the grand mosque in Touba, Senegal". BBC News. 4 August 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2014.

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