Religious Tourism

There are so many tourism places that can we visit where is it gives us new more knowledge from there.

The Golden Dome Mosque is one of religious tourism place that is located in Depok-Jawa Barat. That is a different place then other tourism place because from there we not only get general knowledge also get spiritual feel.

The Golden Dome Mosque’s name exist after the name was Masjid Dian Al-Mahri Depok before. The name of it take up from the owners. The owner’s name is Mrs. Dian Djuriah Maimun Al Rasyid. Her name has known Mrs. Dian Al-Mahri. She is an entrepreneur that comes from Banten, but now she lives in abroad. The purpose from that building is to share more positive things more then it the owner has a willing that place becomes a religious tourism place. This mosque had finished on December, 31 2006 and it opened for visitors on ‘Idul Adha’s since the owner bought that land on 1996.

      

This mosque is very strategic we can reach there by public transportation or our own transportation. The journey is depend with what we use to get there, If we go there by motorcycle and public transportation the distance enough long, but if we reach there by own car it just needs no more than an hour, but be care full the way is up-down and enough rocky. This mosque is on right side from Jln. Nusantara and we can see the Dome from far away, so we may no lost that way.

There are two main gait, on the left side is entrance door and on the right side is out gait. When we go into from that, there are so many tall trees that grow on the right and left side it also makes us feel peace and cold. The distance from gait to main door of  mosque is about one meter. We can walk from  

The mosque is given name Golden Dome Mosque because all of dome are made really from golden. There are 5 golden mosques, one is main dome and four little dome. Uniquely, the dome is stratified by 2-3 mm golden and mosaic crystal. The main dome looks like Taj Mahal’s dome. It has diameter 16 m, central diameter 20 m, and the tall is 25 m. while the four little dome has 6 m down diameter, central is 7 m, and tall is 8 m. beside that, it has hanging lamp from Italy, the weight is 8 ton. Beside that, the decorated is made from golden with 18 stain, also the gait calligraphy in the second floor in the ceiling. Even sum of the pillar crown are 168 that is stratified Prado or  rest of golden.

Generally, the mosque’s architecture followed the mosque’s architecture in Timur Tengah with the dome’s character, minaret, park or the pattern  that strengthen Muslim’s character, the gait is made by portal and geometric’s pattern also obelisk as ornament.

The courtyard is 45 x 57 m can omitted 8.000 people. The six hexagonal minaret that symbol of pillar of faith the tall is 40 m. in the up oh that pillar stratified golden mosaic 24 karat, almost mosque in India and Persia used that. The five dome symbols pillar of Islam, that is covered 24 carat from Italy. The inside pillars are made from marble that import from Turkey and Italy. This pillar’s color are monochrome and cream that give peace and warm. In the middle, there is a hanging lamp covered by golden that has 2,7 ton weight ,and workers are Italian.

     This mosque also has a parked with wide is 7.000 m square that can omitted 300 cars and 1 400 motorcycle. In here also prepare some photographers for visitors that want to take pictures. This mosque also has some facilities like restaurant, mini shop, boutique, auditorium, Islamic centre building, and also souvenir shop. In the souvenir shop there are muck, pin, t- shirt, body worn at prayer, prayer rug, wallet, watch, plate etc. all of them are created base on The Golden Dome Mosque.

This mosque becomes a religious tourism place. The visitors that come to there can follow some activities that run in there like general speech every Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10.30-12.00, for visitors this mosque open from 09.00-20.00 pm also every Thursday is free because it is used to clean and prepare for Friday’s pray. So, enjoy it with your spiritual feeling!