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National Mosque located in a strategic area of Kuala Lumpur. It near to old Malayan Railway Station , Earth Resource Building, Islamic Arts Museum, Post Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur Bird Park and Lake Gardens.
- The National Mosque of Malaysia
The National Mosque of Malaysia. 1. 2. History. The mosque...
- The National Mosque of Malaysia
The National Mosque of Malaysia ( Malay: Masjid Negara Malaysia) is a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It has a capacity for 15,000 people and is situated among 13 acres (53,000 m 2) of gardens. Its key features are a 73-metre-high (240 ft) minaret and a 16-pointed star concrete main roof.
BUILT IN THE 1960’S TO CELEBRATE THE INDEPENDENCE OF MALAYSIA, THE MOSQUE WAS RENOVATED, AND ITS ROOFS WERE WATERPROOFED. Known as Masjid Negara (Masjid is an Arabic word for “mosque”, while Negara means “national”), the national mosque of Malaysia has been classified as a Class 1 Heritage Building by the city’s authorities and is a ...
The mosque with its very ultra-modern design is situated among 12 hectares of beautiful gardens and is one of the largest in Asia. The location, just opposite the old Kuala Lumpur Railway Station was chosen by the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Hais.
The National Mosque was built to commemorate Malaysia’s bloodless independence from Great Britain in 1957. Originally, the Chief Ministers from all the 11 states considered naming the mosque after the country’s first Prime Minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj.
Lake Gardens, Brickfields & Bangsar. The elegant design of this gigantic 1960s mosque was inspired by Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram. Able to accommodate 15,000 worshippers, it has an umbrella-like blue-tile roof with 18 points symbolising the 13 states of Malaysia and the five pillars of Islam.
