Religious Places

Baitur Rauf Jame Masjid, the pink mosque

In Faidabad there is the only mosque in pink, Baitur Rauf, designed by the architect Marina Tabassum winner of the Aga Khan award for architecture. The mosque has a simple rectangular structure, composed of perforated clay bricks and lacks a dome and minaret, traditional elements of Islamic architecture. Besides the Sakirin Mosque in Istanbul, the Baitur Rauf is the only mosque in the world to have been designed by a woman.

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