The five-storeyed mosque is one of the largest in India and can house 5,000 worshippers at a time.

The mosque houses a rare 150 year old hand written Koran in its Islamic library.

The mosque currently houses the Al-Bayan school.

The mosque also houses several relics in a closet in the north gate, including an antique copy of the Qur'an written on deer skin.

The cost of the project is $10.6-billion and after completion the mosque will house over 2.5 million worshipers.

In 2011, as part of the ongoing Bahraini uprising, the government demolished three mosques it said had housed weapons and illegal activities.

Today, this mosque houses an art gallery.

The mosque also houses a museum with exhibits that document Nazareth's history.

The mosque still houses a library, lecture hall, museum and cafe.

The mosque houses a 300-person-capacity main prayer hall, a daily prayer hall, a ladies prayer room and two classrooms.