Putrajaya Mosque, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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Putrajaya Mosque
One of
the world’s most modern mosques, the
Putrajaya Mosque faces the beautiful
Putrajaya Lake
and is considered as the most
famous landmark in Putrajaya. A good example
of how far the evolution
of Malaysian mosque
design has gone, the Islamic architecture of
the Putrajaya Mosque blends artistically
indigenous craftsmanship and designs of
traditional origin using material indigenous
to the region.
Modeled from the Islamic architecture of
Persia during the Safavid era, the mosque
has also incorporated Muslim cultural
elements into the design. The Putrajaya
Mosque incorporates the architectural styles
of Persia, Malaysia, and Arab-Islam
resulting in the mosque’s main entrance
resembling the Muslim Persian public
structure gates.
The 116 meter minaret of the mosque was
influenced by the Sheikh Omar Mosque’s
design in Baghdad. Meanwhile, the mosque’s
basement wall looks very much like the one
in Casablanca, Morocco, the King Hassan
Mosque. The mosque’s pinkish color is due to
the rose tinted granite that was used to
build it. The desert pink color complements
the cengal woodwork on the windows, doors,
and panels
The Prayer Hall is elegant and simple with
twelve columns supporting the main dome
which is thirty six meters in diameter. Khat
(or Islamic calligraphy) decorates the niche
that shows where to face Mecca or
“mehrab”and the pulpit or “mimbar”. The
landscape of the courtyard is so-designed
with features to accommodate five thousand
more people.
