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Today, mosque architecture in Indonesia breaks apart from the multi-tiered traditions of traditional Javanese mosques. Most mosques in Indonesia today follows the Near Eastern influence e.g. Persian, Arabic, or Ottoman style architecture. [citation needed] Some examples of the post-independence era mosques in Indonesia
This is a list of mosques in Indonesia. The Indonesian term Masjid Agung is translated as "Great Mosque", while Masjid Raya is translated as "Grand Mosque." Masjid Keramat is translated as "Holy Mosque." Masjid Jami is translated as Jami Mosque which refers to the congregational mosque where the weekly Friday prayer takes place. These lists ...
Dian Al-Mahri Mosque, also known as Golden Dome Mosque (Masjid Kubah Emas), [2] is a mosque built on the edge of Raya street, Depok City in West Java, Indonesia. In addition to being a place of daily worship for Muslims, this mosque area attracts many locals and tourists because its domes are made of gold. Because of the vastness of the area ...
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Solo (Arabic: جَامِع ٱلشَّيْخ زَايِد ٱلْكَبِيْر، سوْلو , romanized: Jāmiʿ Aš-Šaykh Zāyid Al-Kabīr, Sōlō; Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sheikh Zayed, Solo) [1] is a mosque in Solo, Indonesia, which is a smaller replica of the grand mosque in Abu Dhabi, the U.A.E. [7] [9] Built at a cost of US$ 20 million (Rp 313.1 billion ...
The Great Mosque of Palembang has two minarets, which is an unusual feature in Indonesian mosque architecture. The newer Ottoman-styled minaret is 45 meter high with 12 sides. [3] The older 18th-century minaret shows influence from Chinese architecture. During Ramadan, the grounds in front of it are turned into a market. [2]
The Grand Mosque of the Sultan of Riau (Indonesian: Masjid Raya Sultan Riau) on Penyengat Island is located outside Tanjung Pinang on Bintan island, Indonesia.The mosque was built in 1844 and is today one of Tanjung Pinang's most popular attractions for visitors.
Al-Azhar Great Mosque is topped with a white onion dome, following the architecture of mosque in the Middle East. It has one minaret. Al-Azhar Great Mosque was established not just as a mosque but also as a center of social activities and dakwah. It was among the first "modern" mosques of Indonesia in which a mosque building is completed with ...
The most unusual feature is the brick minaret on which a pavilion shelters a large skin drum , which is used to summon the faithful to prayer instead of the more common muezzin. Whereas a bedug normally hangs under the eaves of a mosque veranda, in the Kudus Mosque it sits in a tower like a Balinese Hindu temple kul-kul or signal drum used to ...