Golden Dome Mosque in Depok City

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Dian Al-Mahri Mosque or better known as the Golden Dome Mosque in Jalan Maruyung highways, Kel. Meruyung, Kecamatan Limo, Depok. This grand mosque with capacity 20 thousand pilgrims stands firmly for an area of 70 hectares. The mosque was built April 1999 by a philanthropist, entrepreneur named Bantam Hj Dian Juriah Maimun Al Rashid, wife of Drs H. Maimun Al Rashid, who purchased land in this area since 1996. The plan, in addition to the mosque, this land would become the Islamic Centre. Later there will be a missionary institute, and residential units. All buildings are part of an integrated area development concept that is named Dian Area Islamic Center Al-Mahri.
Dian Al-Mahri mosque was opened for traffic on December 31, 2006, to coincide with Eid ul Adha 1427 H is the second time that year. Its construction has been underway since 1999 but recently opened to the public on December 31, 2006. After prayer Eid ul Adha, the owner of this mosque mosque inaugurated direct. There were about five thousand pilgrims who attended the inauguration of the mosque.
Specifications Mosque
Building the mosque has an area of 60 x 120 meters or about 8000 square meters. consists of the main building, mezamin, inner courtyard, the foyer, the hallway outside, space shoes, and ablution rooms. The mosque can accommodate 15 thousand and 20 thousand pilgrims pray taklim congregation. This mosque is one of the grandest mosques in Southeast Asia.
Masjid Dian Al Mahri has five domes. One main dome and four smaller domes. All the gilded dome of 2 to 3 millimeters thick and mosaic crystals. Main Dome of the dome resembles the Taj Mahal. Under the Dome has a diameter of 16 meters, diameter of the middle 20 yards, and 25 meters high. Meanwhile, four other small dome has a diameter less than 6 meters, the middle seven yards, and eight meters high.
Relief decoration on top of the priests were made of 18 carat gold. So was the fence on the second floor and ornate calligraphy on the ceiling of the mosque. While the crown pillar of the mosque which amounts to 168 pieces layered materials or waste prado gold.
The main room mosque has a size 45 × 57 meters, can accommodate as many as 8000 pilgrims. This mosque has six minarets shaped hexagon high 40 yards respectively. Six minarets was bandaged gray granite from Italy to a circular ornament. At the height of the mosaic-covered dome minarets are 24-karat gold. The dome of this mosque which is used referring to the dome mosques of Persia and India. Domes symbolizing the five pillars of Islam, is entirely clad in 24 carat gold-plated mosaic of material exported from Italy.
On the ceiling there is painting a sky dome color can be changed according to the color of the sky in prayer times using a programmable lighting technology with the computer.
This mosque interior showing pillars soaring high to create a grand scale space. Mosque space dominated by the main elements of monochrome color beige, to give the character a quiet and warm room. Material made from marble imported from Turkey and Italy. In the middle of space, depending on the lamp is made of gold-plated brass weighing 2.7 tons, which is done by experts from Italy.
Gold at the Masjid Dian Al Mahri
The mosque is called the Golden Dome Mosque, as the name of this mosque are using gold material with the installation of three techniques: first, gold powder (prada), which is attached at the crown / pillar, the second contained gold plating on pendants, ralling mezanin stairs, fences mezanin , ornaments calligraphy beads in the top sentence domed ceiling above the pulpit and mihrab decorative ornaments, and the third contained a solid gold mosaic in the main dome and cupola of the tower.
Executives and managers do not disclose information about the mosque, the total cost of development and also the overall weight of gold in this mosque complex. There is only information that covers the dome of gold thickness. Each dome has a gold thickness of 2 to 3 millimeters. Gold dome is then covered with mosaic crystals.
Note to Visitors:
The mosque is open to the public, however there are some parts that must remain sterile like the tower of the mosque. Though open to the general, but Dian Mosque of Al Mahri closed on Tuesday, according the mosque management, the Thursday preparations used for the purposes of worship Friday morning prayers. While on other days the mosque was opened at 10:00 o'clock in the morning until 20:00 at night and to pray at dawn until around 7:00 am (more details can be asked on the mosque board). The number of visitors usually membeludak on Friday until Sunday. As Friday prayers, at least five thousand pilgrims thronged the mosque. Meanwhile on Sunday, the number of visitors is usually reached 10 thousand people. While on a typical day, the number of Moslems is not too much.
Free visitors in and out of the mosque, but there are some rules that must be adhered to in order to remain comfortable atmosphere of worship. For example visitors are prohibited from bringing food and drinks to the neighborhood mosque. Children under the age of 9 years was also banned from entering the mosque neighborhood.
To get into the mosque, are required to wear clothes that cover private parts, so if you visit there, especially womenfolk have to wear the hijab. Barefoot or sandal should be entrusted to the care, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare at that hour prayer becomes very crowded and full. On the afternoon of the front floor courtyard outside the mosque is very hot but the mosque administrator give the plastic to reduce heat carpet floor courtyard. Visitors are forbidden to step on the grass in the park around the mosque. For visitors who want to take shelter and just rest, opposite the mosque there is a versatile space provided. Usually the visitors held a mat in the multipurpose room and admire the beauty of this Mosque.
To get into the mosque, are required to wear clothes that cover the private parts, so if you visit there, especially womenfolk to wear a headscarf. Footwear / sandals must be entrusted to the care, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare at that hour prayer becomes very crowded and full. On the afternoon of the front floor courtyard outside the mosque is very hot but the mosque administrator give the plastic to reduce heat carpet floor courtyard. Visitors are forbidden to step on the grass in the park around the mosque. For visitors who want to take shelter and just rest, on the other side of the mosque there is a versatile space provided. Usually the visitors held a mat in the multipurpose room and admire the beauty of this mosque.
Route Towards the Dome of the Golden Mosque
Way easier and not meander to go to the Golden Dome Mosque better pass RS Fatmawati. From the direction of incoming toll way to the Jakarta Pondok Indah and out Fatmawaty and turn left, if not through the toll of TB Simatupang follow the road until the turn to the left RS Fatmawati. Then follow the road, past two red lights Pondok Labu market up and up on the campus of UPN, and then take the right direction. Follow the road past the Golf Pangkalan Jati until the red light and turn left into the direction of Depok. Just stay straight this road all the way to Cinere Mall, past the gas station, continue up until the Dian Al-Mahri mosque there on the left side of the road. After Cinere Mall, entered the area Maruyung Limo road conditions leading to the location slightly damaged with holes and narrow enough only two lanes, and have a little queue if passed by a group that uses a large tourist buses. Another road toward this mosque is through the road Sawangan Depok and Middle Reef Lebak Bulus which later will also meet with the road Limo - Maruyung Kingdom.
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