Masjid Raya Sultan Riau Pulau Penyengat

Anyone know where there Penyengat Island? Yep, in the Riau Islands. One of the famous tourist attraction on the island Penyengat is Sultan Riau Grand Mosque which was built on mass Engku Princess Hamida, wife Mahmudsyah Sultan, the ruler of Riau.

To be able to get to the island Penyengat, you can ride a motor boat from the Port of Sri Bintan Pura, City of Tanjung Pinang. The time needed is quite short, only about 15 minutes, at a cost of Rp. 10.000, -

At first, the Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque is only storey brick tower with a height less than 6 feet. Now, the mosque was repaired and enlarged by the Raja Muda Pertuan Abdurrahman. The mosque built by a community of mutual aid to the region to help Riau Linga building materials and food. Egg white material used to build the Great Mosque of Sultan Riau.

Area of ??Great Mosque of Sultan Riau this is 54 × 32 meters, with building area of ??29 × 19 meters. Wall thickness reached 50 cm, made ??the Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque is very sturdy and the only relics of the kingdom of Riau's remaining linga.

Island wide Penyengat only about 240 acres, and the Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque which is a striking yellow building directly visible from a long dock and the Port City of Sri Bintan Pura Tanjung Pinang. Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque has thirteen domes and four minarets pointed nearly nine feet tall. If the number of domes and towers are summed, then the pointer 17 is the number rekaat prayers in a day. Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque is set as the first mosque dome on the roof wearing.

At the entrance of the Sultan of Riau Grand Mosque, there are Al-Quran which was written by Abdurrahman in 1867 AD He is the son of Riau who studied in Istanbul Turkey. Al Quran was written when the teaching of Islam in Penyengat Island, Riau.

Attracted to the streets to the island of Riau Penyengat? Yuk!