Andalas Grand Mosque

Coordinates: 0°56′26″S 100°22′55″E / 0.94047°S 100.382°E / -0.94047; 100.382

Andalas Grand Mosque
Masjid Raya Andalas
Andalas Grand Mosque
Basic information
Location Andaleh Street no. 56, Andaleh, East Padang district, Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia
Affiliation Islam
Architectural type Mosque
Specifications
Direction of façade Southeast and southwest[1]
Dome(s) 1
Minaret(s) 1

Andalas Grand Mosque (also known as Andaleh in Minangkabau language) is a mosque located in Andaleh Street no.56, Andaleh, East Padang district, Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia. The mosque consists of a green building with two floors which has area of 1,200 m2, and a minaret in the southeast and an entrance gate in the south.[1]

Reconstruction

The mosque was one of the 608 religious sites in West Sumatra which got destroyed by the 2009 Sumatra earthquakes with a moment magnitude of 7.6.[2] Given the alarming condition of the building, the mosque was later dismantled. Thus, religious activities in this mosque had been disrupted for a while, including the annual Ramadhan Pesantren during 2010 and 2011.

Reconstruction of the mosque was done shortly thereafter, whose fees were collected from public assistance sent through Yayasan Satu Untuk Negeri (the One to Home) Foundation of TvOne.[3] Reconstruction begun on April 29, 2010[4][5] and completed at a cost of 3.25 million rupiah in 2012, and the mosque was officially inaugurated by the Minister of Communication and Information Tifatul Sembiring on March 9, 2012.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Google Maps, Masjid Raya Andalas.
  2. ↑ 608 Unit Tempat Ibadah Rusak Berat Dihoyak Gempa. Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. Antara News. Retrieved July 17, 2017. (in Indonesian)
  3. 1 2 Pemirsa tvOne Bangun Masjid Raya Andalas Padang. tvOne. Retrieved July 17, 2017. (in Indonesian)
  4. ↑ Menkom Info Resmikan Masjid Raya Andalas. Antara News. Retrieved July 17, 2017. (in Indonesian)
  5. ↑ Masjid Raya Abadiah Padang Diresmikan. Padang Media. Retrieved July 17, 2017. (in Indonesian)

  • Google (2012-08-04). "Masjid Raya Andalas" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved 2012-08-04.


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