Imagine having a door of this size in your home. The main door is temporarily blocked as workers were cleaning the floor inside the mosque at the time I was there. The side doors are however opened.
This is the front view of the mosque seen everyday by people who walk or drive passed the mosque along the main road right in front of it. Lighted at night it gives another grand view.
I particularly like this view, with the various curves, lines and color. The staircases with slots in between at the main entrance and the sides allow for shoes to be placed inside, thus not obstructing the path while allowing for neatness and order.
As you approach the northern entrance along Jalan Kampong Perak, you will see the main clock tower on the right and this decorative concrete main fence adorned with conical designed dome shaped alternates which truly added to the total beautiful structure of Zahir Mosque. Sadly as years passed and with road buildings taking their effects, the original height of the fence has been reduced. As you can see the pavement is at a higher level than it should be. Notice the main gate way on the right.
I grew up around this part of the city and the mosque was our playground when we were children as it was no less than five minutes from the home. Thursday evenings and the evenings of Ramadhan would see us at the mosque joining in the prayers and afterwards relishing the 'nasi beraini' served to the congregations in late evening. Well that was what it was like in the early 1950's.
2 comments:
I didn't know there were slots in the steps of the stairs to allow for the storage of shoes. What an ingenius idea. Maybe homes should be built that way too .... so you won't have shoes strewn all over the entrance!
Pak Non
Nice pics. Reminds me of my 7 year stay in A Setar. Indeed a historical city. And steps are taken now to beautify it, including the development of the riverside promenade. But I just hope the city won't eat up much more into the green padi field surrounding it.
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