I bet, most of you still believe that Istiqlal Mosque of Jakarta is the largest mosque in Southeast Asia. Well, not anymore. Indonesia hosts the larger one, to make it the grandest and the largest mosque in Southeast Asia, and it is not anywhere in Java Island, it’s in Samarindah, the capital city of East Kalimantan. It’s called SICM (Samarinda Islamic Center Mosque).
In the foreground of the Mahakam river banks, this mosque has a tower and a large dome. Located in the Karang Asam village, Samarinda Ilir, Samarinda East Kalimantan has a main building area 43,500 square meters. Broad support for the mosque building is 7115 square feet and the basement area is 10,235 square meters. While the ground floor of the mosque area is 10,270 square meters and the main floor area is of 8185 square meters. While mezanin floor area (balcony) is 5290 square meters.
The building of this mosque has 7 tower where main tower is 99 meters which means Asmaul husna or the names of God that total 99. The main tower consists of 15 floors of the building, the average of each floor level is 6 meters. It means, steps from the basement to the main floor of the mosque in 33 steps. This amount is deliberately equated with a third of the seed beads. In addition to the main tower, the building also has 6 towers on the side of the mosque. 4 in every corner of the mosque, 70 meters high and 2 towers at the gate as high as 57 meters. Six of the tower is also significant as 6 pillars of faith.
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Keren banget! ni mesjid udah rampung atau masih dalam pengerjaan..??
Sudah selesai. Sudah dipergunakan
Subhanallah..!
wow!!!! ngalahin istiqlal ya?? alhamdulilah deh!!
Wow,,subhanallah !!
It’s crazily amazing,,wisely to be appreciated to Indonesia as the most MUSLIM populous country on the world* (my pride it is INDONESIA).
heard better not to concentrated development only in Java Island,,many islands under Red-White Flag keeping amazing sources that have to be deeply explored…
Subhanallah … semoga bukan hanya tempatnya saja yang megah, tapi Masjid itu juga bermanfaat untuk masyarakat sekitarnya. Dan yang penting, jamaahnya ada, sayang donk kalo Masjid megah tapi gak ada yang sholat berjamaah (terutama subuh)
Alhamdulillah … semoga semua pembangunan merata di seluruh Indonesia, tidak hanya di Pulau Jawa.
Magnificent! I hope other island will develop and compete Java
Fitorio,
I believe so. Most poverty pockets are in Java. There’s a popular saying among javanese, if you wanna get rich, get out of this island.
AWESOME!!
“if you wanna get rich, get out of this island”
haha.. I think I will out of Java soon.
Yup, Makasar already became one of major city of EastIndonesia, Medan, RIau, Balikpapan, and then Samarinda. ‘m glad to see that. Just another dream that has not come true yet. Capital removing from Java. I think it will help to spread the economy development. Australia did it, US did it. Just wait our turn