Islamic Mosque Center (Samarinda)


Islamic Mosque Center
           This mosque is the second largest mosque in Southeast Asia after the Istiqlal Mosque and  Al Akbar Mosque, with the foreground  in the form of the Mahakam River Bank. The mosque has a tower with 99 meters tall and a large dome. Islamic Mosque Center Samarinda has a building area of 43,500 square meters. The location where it was founded previously was a sawmill owned by PT. Inhutani which was granted to the Goverment of the province of East Kalimantan. The construction process began on  5 July 2001 development process by President Megawati Soekarno Putri and seven years later the complex was inaugurated by President Dr. H. Susilo Bambang Yudoyono on 16 June 2008. 





Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jakarta Famous Landmark That You Should Visit

Image
Jakarta’s Famous Landmark That You Should Visit Did you know that Jakarta, the capital of Republic Indonesia has undergo 5 name changes? Before Jakarta called Jakarta it was first known as Sunda Kelapa from year 397 to 1527. Then Sunda Kelapa was changed into Jayakarta (1527 – 1619) by the army of Fatahillah from the kingdom of Demak after the army pushed the Portuguese colonies. In 1619 the dutch colonies changed the name into Batavia and it remains until 1942. Before the name was changed into Jakarta, the city was called Djakarta in 1942 and then finally named Jakarta in 1972 until today. Jakarta has a lot of interesting landmark that each one of them has interesting back story to it, without further ado here are the famous landmark that you should visit while in Jakarta. 1.    The National Monument (Monas) The National Monument or Monas, is a memorial to the persistence of the Indonesian people against the cruel Dutch East Indies colonialism.
Read more

Prambanan Temple (Jogja)

Image
Prambanan Temple Built on 850 CE by Rakai Pikatan and expanded by King Lokapala and Balitung Maha Sambu the Sanjaya King of Mataram Kingdom, Prambanan is the largest Hindu temple complex in Indonesia which consists of 240 temples but throughout the years many of this temples were destroyed and left. The base of the temple are called Bhurloka, which is a large space marked by a rectangular wall, that is 390 meters wide and has stone walls surrounding it. Bhuvarloka are the central body of the temples and the middle square of the complex, this area has 4 rows of 224 small individual identical shrines, The Bhuvarloka is 222 square and used to have stone walls. The top of the temples are called Svarloka is the innermost square that represents the realm of the gods. There are 16 temples that located in the Svarloka which consists of 3 main templed dedicated to, Brahma the god of creation, Shiva the destroyer of the universe, and Vishnu the keeper. Shiva are the largest temple
Read more

Masjid Baiturrahman (Aceh)

Image
Masjid Baiturrahman  Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, a mosque which has its own history sheet, which is now the State Mosque is located in the heart of the Aceh province. Baiturrahman Grand Mosque's name comes from the name Great Mosque built by Sultan Iskandar Muda in the year 1022 H / 1612 AD mosque this highway was first built by the government of Sultan Iskandar Muda, but had been burned down in the second Dutch military aggression in 1290 Shafar / April 1873 M. Judging from history, the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque has a high value for the people of Aceh, because since the Sultan Iskandar Muda is still standing majestically in the middle of the heart of the city of Banda Aceh. Mesjid Raya has various functions in addition to prayer, which is the place to hold recitals, events religious events such as the birthday of the prophet Muhammad, warning 1 Muharram since the majority of aceh people is muslim.
Read more