The Gold Shine of Kubah Emas Mosque

“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.

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