Istiqlal Mosque in Indonesia is the largest mosque with the biggest capacity for accommodating people not only in Indonesia but the whole of South East Asia. After a long struggle for the gain of freedom in the 1949, Indonesia constructed this beautiful expanse of a Mosque as a token of gratitude for the blessings of God that liberated the nation, naming it Istiqal to mean “Independence”. To represent the Seven Heavens in Islamic cosmology, there are seven gates to the enter into the mosque with a beautiful dome that is supported by 12 columns to represent the date of birth of the prophet Muhammad in 12th Rabi’ al-awwal. Throughout the entire structure of the Mosque one can see that it relates to the Islamic Cosmology which makes visiting the Mosque all the more interesting whether you are the devotee Muslim or the interested sightseer.
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Istiqlal Mosque At the altars of God
