Masjid Dian Al Mahri or better known as the Golden Dome Mosque in Jalan Maruyung highway, Kel. Meruyung, Kecamatan Limo, Depok. This grand mosque with a capacity of 20 thousand pilgrims stood firm on an area of 70 hectares. This mosque was built April 1999 by a philanthropist, a businessman from Banten named Hj Dian Juriah Maimun Al Rashid, wife of Drs H. Maimun Al Rashid, who bought the land area since 1996. The plan, in addition to the mosque, this land will be used as the Islamic Centre. Later there will be a missionary institute, and residential units. All the buildings were part of an integrated area development concept that is named Area Islamic Center Dian Al-Mahri.
Masjid Dian Al Mahri opened to the public on December 31, 2006, to coincide with Eid al-Adha 1427 H is the second time that year. Its construction has been going on since 1999, but was only opened to the public on December 31, 2006. After Eid prayers, the owner of this mosque mosque inaugurated direct. There are about 5 thousand pilgrims who attended the inauguration of this mosque.
Specifications Mosque
Building the mosque has a total area of 60 x 120 meters or about 8,000 square meters. consists of the main building, mezamin, inner courtyard, the hall above, outside the hall, room shoes, and ablution rooms. The mosque can accommodate 15 thousand pilgrims to pray and 20 thousand pilgrims taklim. This mosque is one of the most magnificent mosques in Southeast Asia.
Masjid Dian Al Mahri has 5 domes. The main dome and four smaller domes. All the gilded dome 2 to 3 millimeters thick and mosaic crystals. The main dome shaped like the dome of the Taj Mahal. The dome has a diameter of under 16 meters, diameter of the middle 20 meters, and height of 25 meters. Meanwhile, four other small dome has a diameter below 6 meters, the middle 7 meters, and a height of 8 meters.
Relief decoration on top of the priests made of 18 carat gold. So is the fence on the second floor and ornate calligraphy on the ceiling of the mosque. While the crown pillar of the mosque, amounting to 168 pieces layered material or waste prado gold.
The main room mosque has a size of 45 × 57 meters, can accommodate about 8,000 worshipers. This mosque has six minarets shaped hexagon with height of 40 meters. 6 minarets is clad in gray granite from italy with a circular ornament. At the height of the dome minarets are 24 carat gold-plated mosaic.
This refers to the dome of the mosque dome that used the mosques of Persia and India. Five dome symbolizes the pillars of Islam, is entirely clad in 24 carat gold-plated mosaic of materials imported from Italy.
In the vaulted ceilings are painting the sky that color can be changed according to the color of the sky in prayer times using a lighting technology which is programmed with a computer.
The interior of this mosque shows the pillars towering high to create a grand-scale space. Monochrome color space dominated mosque with the main elements of a cream color, to give the character a quiet and warm room. Material made of marble imported from Turkey and Italy. In the middle of the room, hanging lamps made of brass plated gold 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 was used with 3 gold material installation techniques: first, gold powder (leaf) attached to the crown / pillar, both gold plating found on chandeliers, ralling mezanin stairs, fences mezanin , ornaments calligraphy sentence beads at the top of the ceiling dome and decorative ornaments above the pulpit the mihrab, the third contained a solid gold mosaics in the main dome and the dome of the tower.
Management and manager of the mosque does not disclose information about the total cost of development and also the overall weight of gold that is 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 coated again with a mosaic crystal.
Please note for visitors:
The mosque is open to the public, however there are some parts that must remain sterile as minarets. Although opened to the public, but the Masjid Dian Al Mahri closed on Thursday, according to mosque, on Thursday used for preparation of worship Friday prayers the next day. Meanwhile, on another day the mosque was opened at 10.00 am till 20.00 night and the morning prayer until at 07.00 am (more details can be asked in the mosque). The number of visitors usually membeludak on Friday through Sunday. At Friday Prayer, at least 5 thousand pilgrims packed the mosque. Meanwhile on Sunday, the number of visitors usually reached 10 thousand people. While on a typical day, the number of pilgrims is not too much.
Visitors and out of the mosque free, however there are some rules that must be adhered to for the atmosphere of worship remain comfortable. For example, visitors are prohibited from bringing food and drinks to the neighborhood mosque. Children under 9 years of age are also prohibited from entering the neighborhood mosque.
To get into the mosque, are required to wear clothing that covers the genitalia, so if you visit there, especially the womenfolk have to wear a headscarf. Footwear / sandals must be deposited into the safe keeping, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare during the hours of prayer becomes very crowded and full. By day the courtyard outside the front of the mosque floor was very hot but the mosque provide plastic carpet to reduce the heat of the courtyard floor. Visitors are prohibited from stepping on the grass in the park around the mosque. For visitors who want to take shelter and just rest, opposite the mosque is a versatile space provided. Usually the visitors held a mat in this versatile space while admiring the beauty of this mosque.
To get into the mosque, are required to wear clothing that covers the genitalia, so if you visit there, especially the womenfolk have to wear a headscarf. Footwear / sandals must be deposited into the safe keeping, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare during the hours of prayer becomes very crowded and full. By day the courtyard outside the front of the mosque floor was very hot but the mosque provide plastic carpet to reduce the heat of the courtyard floor. Visitors are prohibited from stepping on the grass in the park around the mosque. For visitors who want to take shelter and just rest, opposite the mosque is a versatile space provided. Usually the visitors held a mat in this versatile space while admiring the beauty of this mosque.
Route Toward the Golden Dome Mosque
Roads that are easier and not meander to go to the Golden Dome Mosque better through RS Fatmawati. From the direction of incoming toll-way to the Jakarta Pondok Indah and out Fatmawati and turn left, if not pass TB Simatupang toll follow the road to turn left RS Fatmawati. Then follow the road, through two red lights to Pondok Labu market and reach the campus UPN, then take the right direction. Follow the road past the Golf Pangkalan Jati until the red light and turn left at the Depot. This road stay straight on until the Cinere Mall, past the gas station, continue up to Masjid Dian Al-Mahri who is on the left side of the road. After Cinere Mall, entered the area Limo Maruyung condition of roads leading to the location of potholes and damaged somewhat narrow enough only 2 lanes, and have a little queue when met with a group that uses a large tourist buses. Another road to the mosque is through the road Sawangan Depok and Middle Reef Lebak Bulus which will also be met by way Limo - Maruyung Kingdom.
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