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White Minaret

India

The 186th tallest tower in the world

m

The White Minaret is a stone minaret beside the Aqsa Mosque in Qadian, Punjab. It was constructed under the direction of the Indian religious leader Mirza Ghulam Ahmad. It serves as a lighthouse symbolising the ultimate pre-eminence of Islam. The minaret has three stages, 92 steps, and a total height of about 105 ft or 32 m. Its construction was completed in 1916 and has since become a symbol and distinctive mark in Ahmadiyya Islam. The minaret features on the Ahmadiyya flag and also (sometimes with rays of light) in the movement's major publications.

Building data from Wikidata (CC0); heights normalised. Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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