Kuala Lumpur City Hop On - Hop Off Bus Tour - Malaysia

Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque

State Kuantan Mosque or known as Masjid Sultan Ahmad Shah Mosque 1 is the pride of Pahang citizens. The mosque, which has a very broad area is able to accommodate 2,000 worshipers.
This magnificent mosque building of course need a very high cost to build. It is indication that Malaysia's government is serious in their efforts to build a religious tourist attraction. For Muslim toutrist, I’m sure you would not wasted a chance to pray in the mosque which offers a quiet and solemn this when you come to visit here. But for non-Muslim travelers they still can enjoy this religious tourism object by observing how beautiful the mosque in this Kuantan State Mosque’s interior design. You will see there are so many beautiful mosaics and a beautiful color combination of white, blue and green colors are dominant and, as a symbol of Islamic values. You can learn a lot from Islamic Malay culture in this mosque.

Masjid Jamek

The Masjid Jamek is situated, where both rivers the Sungei Klang and the Sungei Gombak meet. Right at this very place has the history of Kuala Lumpur started.

The mosque was built in 1907 and officially opened by the Sultan of Selangor on 23rd of December in 1909. The Masjid Jamek Kuala Lumpur is the oldest mosque in KL.

This is the very spot for Kuala Lumpur's history, where the early settlers of Kuala Lumpur built their shacks. In the 1850s, early miners would unload here their equipment and provisions. They would then trek up the jungle path to Ampang, where they would dig for tin.

Masjid Jamek was the main mosque of Kuala Lumpur untill The National Mosque was built in 1965 near the railway station. 

It was designed by Arthur Benison Hubbock, an architectural assistant in the Public Works and Survey Department, who was intrigued and inspired by the Mogul architecture of India.

Its palm trees and the location on the banks of the Klang and Gombak rivers provide a tranquil setting that complements the Masjid Jamek's exquisite domed tower.

There are three domes surround the prayer hall; the central dome is 21.3m (70 ft) high and is flanked by two lower domes.

The biggest dome at the centre was collapsed in the 1990s and later rebuilt. At the corners are two red and white striped minarets.

At the corners are two red and white striped minarets 26.8m high, identical in design withchatris (umbrella-shaped cupolas, usually domed and open-sided) on the top. 

A large number of small chatris top the entrances and corners of the Mosque.

This striking red-brick and marble building is inspired by the mogul/north Indian Islamic architecture.