Masjid Dian Al Mahri: the Golden Dome Mosque in Depok City
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.
