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Masjid Dian Al Mahri is often called as Masjid Kubah Emas (the Golden Dome Mosque). As reflected by its name, the mosque has the domes made of gold. This charm attracts attention of so many people to visit. Besides being the place for the Muslim’s daily prayer, the mosque area is also often visited as family holiday destination or simply to rest. As a religious tourism area, the mosque is usually visited by about 10000 people everyday, and at weekend the number is rising up to 20000-30000 people. They come from various regions of Indonesia, from the nearest region Jabodetabek until the regions out of Java Island; and from the foreign countries, such as Malay and Brunei Darussalam.

The mosque is standing on 50 ha area. Because of its greatness, the mosque is often called as the most pretentious mosque in South East Asia. The mosque has the capacity of 15000-20000 congregations. This 8000 m2-wide mosque has 5 domes that consist of 1 main dome and 4 small domes. All of them are coated with 2-3 mm of 24 carats gold and crystal mosaic. The shape of the main dome resembles Taj Mahal’s dome. The dome has 16m base diameter, 20m middle diameter, and 25m in height. The other 4 small domes have 6m base diameter, 7m middle diameter, and 8m in height. These domes refer to the shape of the dome that often used in mosques of Persia and India. These 5 domes symbolize the Pillars of Islam. Six soaring hexagonal minarets stand at the corners of the mosque. They are about 40m in height, wrapped in Italian gray granites with the circling ornaments. At the top of each minaret is the dome which is also coated with 24 carats gold. These six minarets symbolize the Articles of Faith.

Generally, the mosque architecture refers to the typical architecture of Middle Eastern mosques. It is signified by the dome, minaret, inner courtyard (plaza), and decorative ornaments, with the geometric elements and obelisks to strengthen the Islamic motif of its architecture style. The 45×57m inner courtyard has the capacity of 8000 congregations. It has the rows of pillars wrapped in Brazilian granites. The typical reliefs made of 18 carats gold adorn the Mihrab. The Mihrab has 4 pillars wrapped in African porto rose granite. The typical reliefs can also be seen at several places, such as the hedges in the 2nd floor, Kuffi-styled calligraphy ornaments in the ceiling, and the crown of the 168 mosque pillars coated with prado (remnant of gold) material. As the sky representation, there’s sky painting at the dome ceiling where its color can change in accordance with the sky colors at the prayer times. At the base of the dome is the golden colored ring. It gives the impression of horizon line.

The mosque is divided in several parts: the main hall, mezzanine hall, inner courtyard, upper veranda, outer veranda, and the other functional parts. The main hall is dominated by monochromatic colors with the cream as the base color, to give the calm and warm nuance. The mosque is surrounded by the wide park, where there’re Euphorbia Flowers and Bougainvillea Flowers grow on the beautiful big pots; and Mango and Orange plants. The park arrangement gives the collaboration between Middle Eastern nuance of the mosque and the tropical environment of Indonesia.

The mosque is located at Jl Meruyung, Limo, Cinere, Depok City, West Java, Indonesia. The area is designed for further development to complete its original function as the Center of Islamic Cultural Development.