The Holy Tower Mosque or the Al Aqsa Manarat Qudus Mosque is an ancient mosque located in the village of the People, the City District, the Holy District, Central Java. The sacred place of the islam was founded by the Holy Sunan (Sayyid Ja'far Shadiq), a guardian figures of the waslam religious spreader in Java in 956 H or 1549 M. The first stone laying when the construction of the mosque used stones from Baitul Maqdis Palestine.
The form of the Holy Tower Mosque that resembles the temple building is adapted to the situation and condition of society at that time, which is still affected by the Buddhist and Hindu culture, so that the architecture blends the concept of Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist culture.
Menara Mosque has five doors next to the right and left, the number of windows there is four pieces and has eight large poles in mosques made from jati wood. In the mosque there are two flags located on the right and left where the khatib conveys the preach, and in the front serambience of the mosque stands the ramura paduraksa commonly referred to as the "the twine".
The management of mosque runs towards the entrance of the tower in the Holy Tower Mosque, the village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
The color of wudu in the Holy Tower Mosque, the Village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
In the mosque complex there is also eight showers for the above wudu there is a arca that adapts Buddhist beliefs. The Arca has the meaning of the Eight Road of Truth or Asta Sanghika Marga.
The mosque has a shape that resembles the temple of Java-Hindu and is made of red bricks. The 18 meter tall tower was decorated 32 ceramic plates, while the tower body was built and carved with the Javanese-Hindu tradition motif. The traditional construction technique of Java can also be seen on the head of the tower that is in the form of a jati wood-shaped building with four stems of the master's saka that supports the two piles of the tajug roof. At the top of the roof of the tajug there is a mustaka (head) such as the top of the main roof of traditional mosques in Java which refers to the architectural elements of Java-Hindu.
In the west of the mosque there is the grave of the Holy Sunan, surrounded by the graves of the journalists, ulamas, and some religious figures namely Panemihan Palembang, Prince Pedamaran, and Panemaya Condro visited tourists and pilgrims.
Warga conducts prayer in the Holy Tower Mosque, the Village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
The color of reading Al Quran in the Holy Tower Mosque, the Village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
To the followers Sunan Holy teaches the attitude of tolerance between diverse people, among others by prohibiting cows to be consumed because the cow is considered a sacred animal for Hindus. The habit is still going until now and the society chooses to consume kerbau meat instead.
The Holy Tower Mosque is the result of Islamic, Hindu and Buddhist cultural aquaculture that is a real evidence of the form of happiness and tolerance between diverse people.
Photo and text : Joseph Nugroho Editor : R Rekotomo
Warga runs in the serambi area of the Holy Tower Mosque, the Village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
The charm of pilgrimage in the tomb of the Holy Sunan which is the west side of the Holy Tower Mosque, the village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
Warga runs in front of the Holy Tower Mosque, the Village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
The writing of God at the top of the tower in the Holy Tower Mosque, the village of the People, the Holy, Central Java.
