The Great Mosque of Bandung, West Java, previously known as the Great Mosque, was first established in 1812. The Great Mosque of Bandung was built at the same time as the relocation of Bandung city center from Krapyak, about ten kilometers south of Bandung city to the current city center. This mosque was originally built in the form of a simple traditional stilt building, wooden pillars, woven bamboo walls, thatched roofs and equipped with a large pool as a place to take ablution water. This pool water also functions as a water source to extinguish a fire that occurred in the Bandung Square area in 1825.
A year after the fire, in 1826, the mosque building was renovated by replacing the walls of the bamboo booths and the roof with wooden materials. The renovation was carried out again in 1850 along with the construction of the Road Groot Postweg (now Jalan Asia Afrika). The small mosque underwent an overhaul and expansion on the instructions of the Regent RA Wiranatakusumah IV, the roof of the mosque was replaced with tile while the walls were replaced with brick walls.
The splendor of the Great Mosque of Bandung at that time was even immortalized in a painting by an English painter named W Spreat in 1852. From the painting, you can see a large pyramid roof with three layers towering and the people call it bale nyungcung. Then the mosque building again underwent changes in 1875 with the addition of a foundation and wall fence surrounding the mosque.
Along with the times, the people of Bandung made this mosque a center for religious activities involving many people such as recitations, Muludan celebrations, Rajaban or other Islamic holidays and even used as a place for marriage contracts to be held. So that in 1900 to complete it a number of changes were made, such as making mihrab and pawestren (terrace on the left and right).
Then in 1930, the renovation was carried out again by building a pavilion as a mosque terrace and the construction of two towers on the left and right of the building with the top of the tower shaped exactly like the shape of the roof of the mosque so that it further enhances the appearance of the mosque. It is said that this form is the last form of the Great Mosque of Bandung with a unique nyungcung-shaped roof.
On the eve of the Asia-Africa conference in 1955, the Great Mosque of Bandung underwent a major overhaul. On the design of the first President of the Republic of Indonesia, Soekarno, the Great Mosque of Bandung underwent a total change, including the dome from the previous "nyungcung" shape to a rectangular dome in the middle eastern style like an onion.
In addition, the towers on the left and right of the mosque as well as the pawestren along with the front porch were demolished so that the mosque room was just a large room with a very narrow mosque courtyard. The existence of the Great Mosque of Bandung which was only used for the prayers of the guests participating in the Asian-African Conference.
Sukarno's onion-shaped dome only lasted about 15 years. After being damaged by strong winds and having been repaired in 1967, the onion dome was replaced with a non-onion shape in 1970.
Based on the Decree of the Governor of West Java in 1973, the Great Mosque of Bandung underwent another major change. The floor of the mosque is being expanded and made storied. There is a basement room as a place for ablution, the ground floor is the main prayer area and the DKM office and the upper floor is used for a mezzanine that is directly connected to the outer porch. In front of the mosque, a new minaret was built with round metal ornaments such as onions and the roof of the mosque's dome in the shape of a Joglo.
Facility
Parking, Garden, Warehouse, Shoe/Sandal Storage, Study Room (TPA/Madrasah), Shop, Multipurpose Hall, Body Management Equipment, Polyclinic, Cooperative, Library, Secretariat Office, Air Conditioning/AC, Sound System and Multimedia, Power Plant Electricity/Genset, Bathroom/WC, Place of Wudhu, Facilities of Worship.
Activity
Empowerment of Zakat, Infaq, Shodaqoh and Waqf, Organizing educational activities (TPA, Madrasah, Center for Community Learning Activities), Organizing socio-economic activities (mosque cooperatives), Organizing Regular Recitations, Organizing Islamic Da'wah/Tabliq Akbar, Organizing Islamic Holidays, Organizing Friday Prayers, Organizing Fard Prayers.
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