“When I look at the beauty of this
mosque… Hemm, I was struck. It was like being in the land of a thousand nights.
Can be imagined, this magnificent mosque has a gold-plated dome. In my
imagination, splendor match like Princess Yasmin in an Aladin tale.”
It is really beautiful Kubah Emas mosque, the mosque is
like a very tale. Mosque with the original name is “Masjid Dian Al Mahri” stood
so firm and mighty in Maruyung village, Limo, Depok city, West Java. The original
name of the mosque is similar to the name of the owner but the mosque is more
popularly known as Kubah Emas mosque.
At first time, we entered the gate of the mosque, our eyes
are immediately greeted by a very wide area and greenery fullfiled. Around the
mosque is made with a neat arrangement and detail. In addition, the park in the
area in the wake of the mosque also houses a mosque founder and multipurpose
building that can be a resting place for visitors.
Kubah Emas mosque stands with a building area reaches eight
thousand square meters and over an area of seventy hectares. Generally, the
architecture follows the mosque style in the middle east with characteristic
dome, tower, plaza, and the usage of decorative detail or decoration with
geometric and obelisk elements to strengthen the hallmark of Islamic
architecture. In the interior, there are solid pillars towering to create a
grand-scale space.
The main attraction of mosque is because it is coated by
gold. We can see it from the dome and crown pillar which is plated 24 carat
gold. Five goldens dome mosque have a large dome. The largest at the center and
is surrounded by four others dome. The domes symbolize the five of moslem
pillars and the six towers are symbolize the six of moslem pillars.
With the splendor and beauty, this mosque has the
supporting facilities, such as mini market, restaurant, food court, muslim
fashion boutique, lodging houses, multipurpose building, Islamic center, large
parking area, daycare shoes and souvenirs. Tourist who want to shop can buy various souvenirs, such as
mugs, pins, t-shirts, mukena, prayers rugs, clocks, and so on. And for visitors
who want to take a picture is in the location of mosque, there are many
photographer who offer photo service.
Kubah Emas mosque is not only to be
family tourism but also a place of worship which is good for people and be
introduced to young people more knowledge. Hopefully this mosque is not only
decorated by gold but also the beauty of humility adorned with prayer.
( Feature )