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	Mouride brotherhood[1] [2] Islam Tariqa order
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

External links

Media related to Grande Mosquée de Touba at Wikimedia Commons