In 2021, at a time when the world was in the throes of the pandemic, looking for every sign of hope, courage, and resilience, a mega-construction project was rapidly taking shape in the heart of Central Asia – a grand mosque, the largest ever built in the region.

With minarets nearly as tall as The Great Pyramid of Giza, a retractable roof, and a prayer area that could accommodate 30,000 people, the structure was already a flagship for worshippers, and innovators in design.

It was at such a time that a rather defining aspect of the project began its journey over a thousand miles away – at the Patodia production facility in the bustling carpet city of Bhadohi, India.