new face mosque baiturrahman banda aceh.
Baiturrahman Great Mosque in Banda Aceh now looks more attractive. View from the height of the mosque looks dazzling.
The new face of Masjid Raya Baiturrahman Banda Aceh, Aceh was officially opened to the public. Local tourists and the archipelago crowded visiting him. They spend time under the umbrella of Nabawi Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia or play on marble.
The front yard of the mosque has now changed into marble. Twelve units of umbrella-style mosques Nabawi built on the north and south of the mosque. This location can also be used for prayer, worship and more.
By late afternoon, tourists who visit the mosque increasingly crowded. To be in a location under an umbrella or a marble, visitors must take off the footwear. Do not worry lost. The mosque committee provides shoe storage or sandals.
Visitors can walk around to take a closer look at the new face of the Baiturrahman Mosque. Visitors on average spend time berswafoto (selfie) with mosque background or umbrella. There are jokes that appear in some circles, "Not valid to Banda Aceh if not yet photograph in front of Masjid Raya Baiturrahman."
In addition to umbrellas, the pond is located in the middle of the yard of the mosque is also a special attraction. Flowers of various colors are planted around the pond. When viewed from the top, the shape resembles a prayer rug.
To enter the yard of the mosque, there are several doors that opened the south, north and west. While the east door is still closed. The location around the tower towering is also allowed to be visited.
see the beauty of the mosque from the top of the tower. After seeking permission from an officer, journalists were allowed to board on condition that they had to be careful. The reason, this tower attraction has long been closed to the public.
"Go up can but you do not fall, do not let anyone get hurt," said the officer while carrying a toa.
To climb to the top, must pass dozens of stairs. After the tsunami hit Aceh on December 26, 2004, the general public was no longer allowed to climb to the top of the tower.
Many tourists come to his mosque. After the congregational prayer, they took themselves to take pictures around the mosque that has been equipped with this umbrella. Day and night is always crowded in visits by tourists who special visit this grandest mosque in this Veranda of Mecca.
As a historical record and information, the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque is an Aceh Sultanate mosque built by Sultan Iskandar Muda Mahkota Alam in 1022 AH / 1612 AD A beautiful and magnificent building similar to Taj Mahal in India is located right in the heart of Banda Aceh City and become the center of all activities in Aceh Darussalam.
When the Kingdom of the Netherlands attacked the Sultanate of Aceh on the second Dutch army aggression on Shafar Moon 1290 Hijri / 10 April 1873 AD, Baiturrahman Great Mosque was burned. Then, in 1877 the Dutch rebuilt the Great Mosque of Baiturrahman to attract attention and dampen the anger of Aceh Nation. At that time the Sultanate of Aceh was still under the rule of Sultan Muhammad Daud Syah Johan Sovereign who was the last Sultan of Aceh.
As a historic place that has high artistic value, the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque becomes a religious tourism object that is able to make every tourist who come chuckle awe at the history and beauty of architecture, where Baiturrahman Great Mosque is one of the most beautiful mosque in Indonesia that has stunning architecture, carving a large courtyard with a Ottoman Turkish Ottoman Empire pool and with the addition of Umbrella around the courtyard of the mosque will be very cool when inside this mosque.
