Sunday, April 8, 2012

Gold Domed Mosque

golden dome mosque podium

There are only seven gold domed mosque in the world. One of them was in Indonesia. Apparently, the domes and minarets of this mosque has its own meaning. The mosque is located in Depok. Strictly speaking, the Way Meruyung, VillageLimo, District Cinere, Depok, West Java Province. Called the golden dome mosque, because the domes of the mosque is 24 karatgold plated 2 to 3 millimeters thick. Domes that consist of a main domemeasuring 20 meters by 25 meters high, and four small domes with a diameter of7 meters and a height of 8 meters. This dome symbolizing the five pillars of Islam. In addition, in the corners of the mosque also stands six hexagon shaped tower(hexagonal) with a height of about 40 meters. The six towers are clad instone-gray granite stone with a circular ornament. At the height of the towers alsocontained a gilded dome. This tower symbolizes the six pillars of faith. This is actually the name of the mosque Masjid Al-Mahri Dian. Built by abusinessman named Dian Djuriah Bantam Al-Rashid. He bought land there since1996 and began to build a mosque in 2001. Construction was completed in 2006,and opened to the public on December 31, 2006, coinciding with the Eid al-Adha1427 AH Building area of 8 thousand meters of the mosque, seven thousand feet to the parking lot, and 60 acres of land to support. On land it is now present supportingrestaurants, boutique shops, lodging houses, multipurpose building, IslamicFlashlight, and others. Future will be built around schools and universities.

golden dome mosque architecture

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