The gold dome tourist mosque

Masjid Dian Al Mahri or better known as the Golden Dome Mosque located on  Maruyung raya street, Kelurahan. village, District Limo, Depok City

This magnificent mosque with a capacity of 20 thousand pilgrims stands firmly on an area of ​​70 hectares. The mosque was built in April 1999 by a philanthropist, businessman from Banten named Hj Dian Juriah Maimun Al Rashid, wife of Drs H. Maimun Al Rashid, who bought the land of this area since 1996. The plan, in addition to the mosque, this land will be made Islamic Center . Later there will be da'wah institutions, and homes. All these buildings are part of the concept of developing an integrated area called the Islamic Center Dian Al-Mahri.

Masjid Dian Al Mahri opened to the public on December 31, 2006, to coincide with the second Idul Adha 1427 H that year. Its construction has been ongoing since 1999, but it was only opened to the public on December 31, 2006. After Eid al-Adha prayer, the mosque owner directly inaugurated this mosque. There are about 5 thousand pilgrims who follow the procession inauguration of this mosque

Mosque Specifications

The building of the mosque has an area of ​​60 x 120 meters or about 8,000 square meters. Consists of the main building, mezamin, inner courtyard, upper hall, outdoor hall, shoe room, and ablution room. The mosque is able to accommodate 15 thousand congregational prayers and 20 thousand congregation taklim. This mosque is one of the grandest mosques in Southeast Asia.

Masjid Dian Al Mahri has 5 domes. One main dome and 4 small domes. The entire dome is covered with gold as thick as 2 to 3 millimeters and crystal mosaic. The main dome shape resembles a dome of the Taj Mahal. The dome has a bottom diameter of 16 meters, a diameter of 20 meters, and a height of 25 meters. While 4 other small dome has a diameter of under 6 meters, the middle of 7 meters, and height of 8 meters.

Relief decoration on top of the priest's place made of 18 carat gold. So is the fence on the second floor and decorative calligraphy on the ceiling of the mosque. While the crown pillars of the mosque, amounting to 168 pieces of layered material prado or gold residue.

The main room of the mosque has a size of 45 × 57 meters, can accommodate as many as 8,000 worshipers. The mosque has 6 minarets in the shape of a hexagon with a height of 40 meters each. 6 minaret is clad in gray granite from italy with a circular ornament. At the top of the minaret there is a 24 carat gold-plated mosaic dome.

The dome of this mosque refers to the dome used in Persian and Indian mosques. Five domes symbolize the pillars of Islam, all wrapped with 24 karat gold plated mosaic material imported from Italy.

On the ceiling of the dome there are paintings of the sky whose color can change according to the color of the sky at times of prayer by using computer-programmed lighting technology.

The interior of this mosque features tall, towering pillars to create a grand scale of space. The mosque space is dominated by monochrome color with the main elements of beige color, to give the character a quiet and warm space. The material is made of marble material imported from Turkey and Italy. In the center of the room, hanging lights made of a 2.7-ton gold-plated brass, done by an expert from Italy

The splendor of the Golden Dome Mosque Dian Al Mahri

This mosque is called the Golden Dome Mosque, as the name implies this mosque is using gold material with 3 mounting techniques: first, gold powder (prada) mounted on the crown / pillars, both gold plating contained in hanging lamps, mezzanine stair ralling, mezanin fence , Ornament calligraphy calligraphy on the ceiling of the dome and decorative ornament above the mihrab pulpit, the third solid gold mosaic found in the main dome and the dome of the tower.

The mosque's administrators and managers did not disclose information about the total cost of construction and also the overall weight of gold in the mosque complex. There is only gold thickness information that coats the dome. Each dome has a gold thickness of 2 to 3 millimeters. The gold dome is then coated again with a crystal mosaic.

Keep in mind for Visitors:

The mosque is open to the public, however there are some parts that must remain sterile like minarets. Although it is open to the public, but Masjid Dian Al Mahri closes on Thursday, according to mosque officials, Thursday is used for preparations for Friday prayers the next day. On the other day, the mosque is open from 10.00 am to 8 pm and for the morning prayer until 07.00 am (more details can be asked to the mosque administrator). The number of visitors usually booming on Friday to Sunday. At Friday prayers, at least 5 thousand pilgrims crowded the mosque. While on Sunday, the number of visitors usually reach 10 thousand people. While on a typical day, the number of pilgrims is not too much

Visitors are free in and out of the mosque, however there are some rules that must be obeyed so that the atmosphere of worship remains comfortable. For example visitors are prohibited from bringing food and drink to the mosque environment. Children under 9 years old are also prohibited from entering mosque environment.

To enter into the mosque, required to wear clothes that cover the aurat, so that when visiting there especially the weather should wear the hijab. Footwear / sandals should be deposited into the day care section, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare during the prayer hours becomes very crowded and full. During the day the outer courtyard of the mosque's outer courtyard is very hot but mosque caretakers provide plastic rugs to reduce the heat of the mosque's 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, across the mosque there is a versatile room provided. Usually the visitors hold a mat in the multipurpose room while admiring the beauty of this mosque

To enter into the mosque, required to wear clothes that cover the limbs in an Islamic way, so that when visiting there, especially the weather should wear the hijab. Footwear should be deposited into the day care section, and should not be left outside. Footwear daycare during the prayer hours becomes very crowded and full. During the day the outer courtyard of the mosque's outer courtyard is very hot but mosque caretakers provide plastic rugs to reduce the heat of the mosque's 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, across the mosque there is a versatile room provided. Usually the visitors hold a mat in the multipurpose room while admiring the beauty of this mosque..

Route Towards the Golden Dome Mosque

The easier and less winding road to get to the Golden Dome Mosque is better through the Fatmawati Hospital. From Jakarta direction enter the toll road to Pondok Indah and exit Fatmawati and turn left, if not through toll road follow TB Simatupang to turn left Fatmawati Hospital. After that follow the path, past two red lights until Pondok Labu market and arrived at the UPN campus, then take to the right. Follow the road past the Pangkalan Jati Golf until the red light and turn left towards Depok. This road just stay straight up to Cinere Mall, past the gas station, continue until the Dian Al-Mahri Mosque that is on the left side of the road. After the Cinere Mall, entering the area of ​​Limo Maruyung the condition of the road leading to the location is slightly damaged and quite narrow only 2 lanes, and should be a little queer when encountering a group that uses large buses of tourism. Another road to the mosque is through the road Sawangan Depok and Karang Tengah Lebak Bulus which will also meet the road Limo - Maruyung Raya