The Imam Reza shrine in Mashad, Iran, is the world's largest mosque by dimension and lies close to the hearts of the country's majority Shiite Muslim population.
Twitter user Sidewalk Lyrics takes us inside the beautiful and holy place with live tweets of the spiritual journey.
The heart & soul of Shi'a #iran: the shrine of the 8th Imam, Ali ibn Musa al-Reza. (Imam Reza). #mashhad pic.twitter.com/XeMvbDONDX
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
If I had a penny 4 every cleric I saw @ Imam Reza's shrine, I cud buy Twitter. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/LMw4UdqlVO
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Outside the shrine of Imam Reza. From all over #iran pilgrims flood these streets. #mashhad pic.twitter.com/HUHP2OSlIR
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Outside the shrine. My mom makes it here twice a yr & evry time doesnt recognize it. Gets bigger and bigger. #mashhad pic.twitter.com/qBTuGgNToH
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
From all walks of life and all ages they take refuge here. The Shrine of Imam Reza, #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/8jP6sNw1cv
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Inside the haram, from babol javad entrance. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/MrKwPebvYm
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
The magpie in me thinks this is the most glorious wall on earth. The shrine of Imam Reza, #mashhad. #mustseeiran pic.twitter.com/sv0iqBzwx7
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Sometimes, long before prayer hour, the shrine feels more like a picnic. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/VeEawSXRSO
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
I like 2 walk the shrine & find hint of its old self, b4 the construction boom. really old tiles - #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/tXE5m3YI1z
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
In the back, u can c the zerih- the metal burial chamber of the imam. It takes a warrior 2 get close. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/fvCT9PqMOd
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
We sit, talk and eat as we wait for evening prayers in the courtyard. My favorite place 4 prayer. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/v9atSPnZzD
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
There's a man buried here, they say. But this place transcended the story of 1 man long ago. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/ann7Njybxk
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Too much gold ... I like the tiles better. The shrine of Imam Reza, #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/6hgFX5oP5F
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Not bad, huh? #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/IlttUtKHRg
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Preparing 4 evening prayers... pic.twitter.com/9Nki8HuGv1
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Preparing 4 evening prayers... pic.twitter.com/9Nki8HuGv1
— Sidewalk Lyrics (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
Watching the worshippers pray together, move together ... in rhythm. #mashhad, #iran pic.twitter.com/4Pb4ExN0Vl
— Dirt Road (@pedestrian) April 18, 2014
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