As a country with largest number of Muslims people, Alhamdulillah, Indonesia has many mosques with various size, various architectural designs, and various histories. So, I try to share information about some mosques in Indonesia. I hope it will be a useful thread.
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Yes, Riau province govt spent much money to rebuild and enlarge masjid An-nur. But people of Riau did not mind with it. Different than Taj Mahal India that actually a grave yard, Masjid An-Nur Pekanbaru is intended as da'wah centre, and public space where people can gather and meet the other there.
Alhamdulillah then.
Once upon a time our mosques were almost crumbling structures, but our deeds were so strong that we brought down whole empires, now our mosques look like palaces and castles yet..
Sorry, please carry on with the pics.
Imam ash-Shafi`i said:
"Whoever takes knowledge from books loses the regulations."
(man akhadha al-`ilma min al-kutubi Dayya`a al-aHkaama). [Reported by Nawawi in the introduction to "al-Majmu"]
Brothers, sisters, before we visit other mosques I will show you a famous mosque which I'm familiar with.
Masjid Salman ITB, Bandung
Masjid Salman ITB is the first "campus mosque" in Indonesia. Although it's not located inside Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) campus, but accross the Ganesha street, this masjid was built to accomodate ITB Muslim students activities.
The idea to build this Mosque came from Achmad Noe'man (born 1926) when he became student in ITB since 1948, then he started to design a mosque building. In 1958 Achmad Noe'man and few friends came to president Soekarno, proposed idea to build a mosque and showed the design. President Soekarno approved this design and gave name "Salman" for this mosque, inspired by Salman Al-Farizi (ra). But this mosque building process finished in 1972 due to instable political situation.
Pictire was taken from east side.
(photos: salmanitb.com)
Maybe Masjid Salman is the first mosque in Indonesia that without dome or stacked roof that become typical of Indonesian mosque. This wooden floor mosque also does not have pilar inside masjid hall, something that become typical of mosques that designed by Achmad Noe'man.
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What make Masjid Salman familiar with me is because my highschool is located near Masjid Salman. I often visited this mosque. Even after I graduated from highschool sometime I visited Masjid Salman.
Terrace on the east side (photo: salmanitb.com)
Student discussion on Masjid Salman balcony. Although only one floor, Masjid Salman has balcony on south side because land on south and west are lower.
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Park beside Masjid Salman ITB. West side. (photo: news.detik.com)
Masjid Salman student cafetaria. I often ate here when I was in highschool. It provide foods in student price.
(photo: perintissalmanitb.com)
Institut Teknologi Bandung (Bandung Institute of Technology) campus.
(photo: travel.detik.com)
Masjid Al Akbar. The morning sun made it look yellow and the dome turn into green.
(photo: MAS official website)
Masjid Al-Akbar Surabaya (MAS) is built on the idea of H. Soenarto Soemoprawiro (late) Surabaya mayor at the time. MAS construction groundbreaking ceremony conducted by the Vice President H. Try Sutrisno on August 4, 1995, while the new construction began in September 1996. MAS construction was stopped because of the economic crisis before it resumed in 1999. Coinciding with the Hero day on November 10, 2000 MAS was inaugurated by the President, KH. Abdurrahman Wahid. In terms of size, MAS is the second largest mosque in Indonesia after Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta. MAS also has a mihrab which is the largest among mosque in Indonesia.
MAS architectural design and construction was done by a team from the Surabaya Institute of Technology (ITS) with an expert consultant who has experience building big mosques in Indonesia and abroad. The first step of development is done by loading test to determine the strength of the soil load, followed by determining the Qibla direction attended by religious leaders from the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the Council of Mosques and others. To smooth the development process, the Department of Transportation and Public Works Department opened the highway to the mosque for the purpose of transporting heavy equipment that can not be carried through the streets in residential areas.
(photo: annjatim.blogspot.com)
MAS has a 99 meter high tower whose top is equipped with a view tower at a height of 68 meters which can accommodate about 30 people and achieve it by using the elevator to see the sights of the city of Surabaya.
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(photo: heriwahyu.fotopic.net)
This mosque has 45 doors with doors (opening) which means it takes 90 double doors with each size: width 1.5 m and height of 4.5 m. Doors made of teak wood specially provided by Perhutani state forestry company and made by the craftsmen of Surabaya. Frame is made of wood coated steel frame that is connected to the hinge and slot that has been aligned with the structure and aesthetics of the mosque. Because the weight of the door is more than 250 kg, the hinge is designed and manufactured specifically.
Prayer hall door (photo: Rudy Dewanto)
Main prayer hall (photo: panoramio)
Besides a prayer room and supporting facilities, MAS is also equipped with other facility facility including the meeting rooms in various sizes: Main Room, Zaitun, Yasmin, Ma'wah & Firdaus, As Shofa, Al Marwah, Multazam, Ar-Raudhah, Umar, Abu Bakr, Ali, Usman, Bonang & Drajat, Hussain, Aisha & Khodijah, Zam-zam area, breezeway / Main foyer, library ,expo center, as well as the outdoor areas. Other facilities are a health clinic equipped with ambulance, Islamic health clinics, Islamic education (academy of Qur'an and Hadith). There are also a radio station (SAS FM) and online Islamic magazine publishing.
MAS also provides free of charge new Muslim guidance which new Muslims can learn salah, recite Qur'an, etc, under guidance of Islamic teachers in MAS.
LOL akhi, since my domicile is West Java, I went to Salman Masjid once. Maybe the only masjid I've ever physically visited on the list. Beautiful architectures! Keep them going!
LOL akhi, since my domicile is West Java, I went to Salman Masjid once. Maybe the only masjid I've ever physically visited on the list. Beautiful architectures! Keep them going!
Frankly, masjid Salman interior always made me feel like in auditorium whenever I perform salah there, except salah jum'ah.
I say except salah jum'ah because in every salah jum'ah in Masjid Salman, I always got the place out of the masjid hall.
By the way, I'm not living near Masjid Salman. I live in southern area while Masjid Salman is in northern area of Bandung.
A Mosque in Pekanbaru, capital of Riau province. The interesting thing of Masjid Namira is array of Islamic shops that should be passed by visitors who will go to the mosque.
Masjid Raya Makassar (grand mosque of Makassar) building shown above is a new building built in 1999 to replace the old building (made in 1948) that was not feasible to be used anymore. The idea to rebuild this mosque came from the businessman Jusuf Kalla, who bear most of the cost of construction. Masjid Raya Makassar was inaugurated on May 27, 2005 by Jusuf Kalla himself, who was already the vice president of Indonesia.
Masjid Raya Makassar can accommodate 10.000 worshipers, and is equipped with a library and office of the Indonesian Ulema Council of South Sulawesi province.
What is interesting from the mosque Kingdom Makassar was large Qur'an that stored on the second floor, the main author is KH Ahmad Faqih. This big Qur'an was written in a year, using Chinese ink mixed black tea water to be resistant not decaying.
Minaret, the only relic of the old building (photo: heningkata.multiply.com)
This thread has got to be one of my favourite threads on this forum! The amount of times I've looked through the pictures, read the captions... Too many times, but s'all good. I'm doing more research upon them too
Once again, excellent thread, dear Brother ardianto
Located in the city of Sumedang, West Java, Masjid Agung Sumedang (Sumedang grand mosque) has mixed architectural of Sunda/Java with Chinese architecture. Built on the 3rd of June 1850 in the waqf land of R. Siti Aisyah Dewi in area of 6755 square meters. It was completed in 1854 with the first Imam RH Apandi Muhammad.
The mosque has Chinese architectural because its design and construction process involves a number of immigrants who came from China. Thanks to them, the Prince Soegih of the kingdom of Sumedang Larang then give them land in the northern city of Sumedang is now called Gunung Cina (Mount China).
(photo: sumedangdailyphoto.com)
Minaret (photo: Panoramio)
The number of poles altogether 166 pieces, 20 pieces of the window with a height of 4 meters and a width of 1.5 meters. At the front there is a teak wood carving ornaments made in 1850. In this mosque there are 3 pieces of "bedug" measuring 3 meters long and 0.6 meters in diameter. Pyramid-shaped main tower azan called mamale with 35.5 meters high. The mimbar (pulpit) is made of teak wood with 4 poles and 120 years old.
(photo: Panoramio)
(photo: Panoramio)
An interesting collection of the mosque is a large wooden Qur'an.
In this mosque there are 3 pieces of "bedug" measuring 3 meters long and 0.6 meters in diameter.
(photo: nanopertapan.blogspot.com)
The image above is bedug, a large drum made of wood and buffalo leather. Muezzin beat the bedug before he call azan to make people know that the prayer time has come. This habit started when no speakers in masjid.
In the past, every mosque in Indonesia must have a drum. However, after an "Islamic Reformation" in the 20th century, many of the mosques that have left the bedug as it is considered as not part of Islamic tradition. But the bedug is still used in mosques run by "The Traditionalist Muslims".
The mosque where I often salah is one mosque that still use bedug.
Located on Depok, West Java, Masjid Dian Al Mahri built by Hj Dian Djuriah Maimun Al Rashid, a businesswoman from Banten, who has purchased this land since 1996. This mosque was built in 2001 and was completed around the end of 2006. The mosque was open to the public on December 31, 2006, coinciding with the Eid al-Adha is the second time that year. With a total area of 50,000 M2, the building of this mosque occupies an area of 60 x 120 meters, or about 8000 square meters. The mosque itself can hold about approximately 20,000 jama'ah
(photo: kubahmas.com)
Masjid Dian Al Mahri has 1 main dome and 4 smaller domes which all of them are layered by gold around 2 - 3 milimeters, and crystal mozaic. The main dome shape resembles a dome of Taj Mahal. The dome has a diameter of less than 16 meters, the middle diameter of 20 meters, and a height of 25 meters. While four small domes under 6 meters in diameter, was 7 meters, and a height of 8 meters. Also in this mosque there are chandeliers imported directly from Italy weighing 8 tons.
The relief decoration on top of the mihrab (Imam place) also made of 18 carat gold. So is the fence on the second floor and ornate calligraphy on the ceiling mosques. While the crown pillar of the mosque, amounting to 168 pieces layered by prado ('waste' gold).
In general, the architecture of the mosque following the typology of the mosque architecture in the Middle East with characteristic dome, minaret (tower),plaza, and the use of decorative detail or decoration with geometric elements and obelisks, to strengthen the hallmark of Islamic architecture. Another characteristic is the entrance portal and ornate geometric form as well as an ornamental obelisk.
The plaza in measuring 45 x 57 meters and can accommodate 8000 jama'ah. Six tower (minaret) or hexagonal-shaped hexagon, which represents the pillars of Iman, towering as high as 40 meters. The six towers were clad in gray granite imported from Italy with a circular ornament. At the peak of the dome there is a 24-karat gold-plated mosaic.
While referring to the dome shape dome that is widely used mosques in Persia and India. Five dome symbolizes the pillars of Islam, entirely clad in 24 carat gold-plated mosaic of the material is imported from Italy.
In the interior, the mosque presents the pillars towering to create a grand-scale space. Space mosques dominated by monochrome color beige main elements, to give the character a quiet and warm. The material is made of marble imported from Turkey and Italy. In the middle of the room, the hanging lamps made of gold-plated brass weighing 2.7 tons, that the process worked by experts from Italy.
If you notice the picture above you will see that the building actually consist of two mosque buildings. The smaller on the foreground with red roof is the old mosque, while the bigger on the background is the new mosque. Front minaret is part of old building.One of the unique thing of Masjid Sultan mahmud Badaruddin II is, this masjid consist of two separeted mosque building with only one Mihrab and Mimbar (Imam and Khatib place) where located in old building.
(Photo: bujangmasjid.blogspot.com)
Palembang Grand Mosque is one of the inheritances of the Palembang Sultanate. This mosque is known as the center of Palembang city. It was built from 1738 to 1748 by Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin I, also known as Sultan Mahmud Badaruddin Jaya Wikramo. Some say it was the largest mosque in Indonesia at that time.
When it was first built, it covered a land area of 1,080 square meters (about 0.26 acres) with a capacity of 1,200 persons. It was then expanded by Sayid Umar bin Muhammad Assegaf Altoha and Sayid Achmad bin Syech Sahab under the leadership of Prince Nataagama Karta Mangala Mustafa Ibnu Raden Kamaluddin.
From 1819 to 1821, a renovation was made by the Dutch colonial government. After that, further expansions were made in 1893, 1916, 1950s, 1970s, and lastly in 1990s. During an expansion in 1966-1969 by the Grand Mosque Foundation, its second floor was built covering a land area of 5,520 square meters with a capacity of 7,750 persons. During renovation and development in 1970s by Pertamina, towers were constructed. The original Chinese style tower was maintained as it is now. This mosque is very typical of Palembang tradition. Most of its timbers have Palembang typical carvings called Lekeur.
At present, the original building of this mosque is located in the middle of a new building, officially inaugurated by Indonesia's fifth president, Megawati Soekarnoputri. Since it is surrounded by the Musi River and its streams, this mosque is located as if it is in the center of the city.
(text taken from indonesia.travel/en)
Old masjid building. Picture was taken from new building (photo: wiki)
(photo: tourism.jazz.or.id)
(photo: Panoramio)
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Terrace between old building (right) and new building (left)
(photo: Prima Eriawan)
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