World largest mosque to install giant umbrellas to protect worshippers

The management of the world largest mosque in Saudi Arabia is ensuring that worshippers will in comfortable anytime they visit the mosque.

The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia is reported to install giant sun umbrellas to protect worshippers from the heat.

According to anArab News report, the Grand Mosque will get more than 300 huge canopies to provide shade in its outdoor courtyards.

The umbrellas will cover about 275,000 sq m (2.96 million sq ft) of the mosque's outdoor space to make pilgrims and worshippers more comfortable during daytime prayers.

The scheme, according to Arab News, has been approved by King Abdullah as the mosque is set to emulate The Prophet’s Mosque in Medina where similar umbrellas are already in operation.

Aside from keeping pilgrims cool in the heat, they're also designed to retain warmth like a roof on chilly winter nights.

Al-Masjid Al-Haram also known as the The Sacred Mosque or The Grand Mosque which is in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, is the largest mosque in the world and surrounds one of Islam's holiest places, the Kaaba.

The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square metres (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to two million worshipers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world. Unlike many other mosques which are segregated, men and women can worship at the Grand Mosque together.