Dian Al Mahri Mosque or more famous as The Golden Dome Mosque is a Mosque is built by Dian Al Mahri, an infamous woman who doesnt want to get interviewed by any press. What's make it so special? The Dome! Besides that this Masjid (Mosque in indonesian language) has a wide complex of area. Be located at the edge of the road-Cinere Raya preordered in the district of Limo, Depok, Indonesia.


This Mosque surely got a very strategic location. With all of those better points instead of the ordinary ones, make it's function slowly turned from a place for praying for Moslem day-to-day became a destination for family vacation.Five of Its domes are made of Gold.

Dian Al Mahri Mosque has 5 Domes. One main dome surrounded by 4 small domes. All of these domes are made of pure Gold and Crystal Mozaic. The shape of the dome remind us with Taj Mahal's (The biggest mosque at India). The Main Dome has a diameter of under 16 meters, diameter of 20 meters middle, and diameter of high 25 meters. Meanwhile, the four small domes has the small dome has a diameter of under 6 meters, 7 meters in the middle, and high 8 meters. Inside the mosque, there is a hanging lamp that was imported directly from Italy weighing 8 tons. There's also beautiful reliefs painted above. The relief decoration which painted at the above of priest's place was very special. They were made by 18 carat gold. In general, the architecture of the mosque are following the typology of mosque architecture in the Middle East with the dome characteristic, minaret (tower), a page inside (Plaza), and the use of decorative detail or decoration with geometric elements and the Obelisk, to strengthen the characteristics of Islamic architecture.

Dian Al Mahri, the one who owns this mosque, or her complete name Hj. Dian Djuriah Maimun Al Rasyid, is a Banten Entrepreneur, which has been buying this land since 1996. She built this Mosque since 2001, until the end of 2006. She published it at the last day of the year 2006, 31 Desember 2006. Maybe she wanted to give a New Year's gift for Indonesian people. With it's 50 hectar area, this building occupy an area of 60x120 meters r about 8000 square meters. The Mosque itself can accomodate more than 20,000 of congregations. Makes it claimed as the biggest mosque at South East Asia.

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