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Tanjung Bungah - the new floating Mosque

This photo journal, is the first of 2 or 3 journals that I will produce featuring Tanjung Bungah. This one features Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque, the new sea floating mosque in Tanjung Bungah, the first village east of Batu Ferringhi. Completed in 2005, Malaysia’s first sea floating mosque (better known as the Floating Mosque), was built on the sea along the Straits of Malacca. [The other ‘water’ mosques in Malaysia, ie in Kuala Terengganu, & in Putrajaya, are built on lakes, not the open sea.]

Although most ... (more)

View from the east
with new tsunami watch tower on the left.

Kampung Mesjid
This very active fishing village was affected by the devastating tsunami that...

View towards the north
The mosque is accessible via a gangway from the road & beach. The...

On concrete stilts
The mosque is built on concrete stilts with foundations reaching deep...

I think this an ablution room
for the men. Before praying a Muslim must cleanse himself or herself,...

Main entrance
Note the ablution room on both sides of the walkway which is likely for men.

View east from the mosque
Note the 4 new condo highrises going up in the background.

View north to the Chinese temple
across the road on the hillside.

View west
toward the fishing village.

View of a fishing platform.

View of the old mosque
in Kampung Mesjid, the adjacent fishing village.

One of the small gazebos
The open apron surrounding the mosque allows worshipers & visitors...

The gazebos are appealing sitting areas

View west

New tsunami housing units
Many of the evacuees from this village have been housed in temporary...

With the Chinese temple
in the background & new fishing shacks on the new bank in the foreground.

The development is adjacent
to the mosque. One of the men's ablution rooms on the right.

Another view from the mosque
Instead of reinforced concrete, the 28m main dome was built using composite...

View from the women's 2nd floor balcony

Partial view of the dome
Carved motifs line the interior walls and ceilings.

The Qibla Wall with niche (mihrab)
to denote the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays. Most...

The main floor, men's prayer area
Note the pulpit (‘minbar’) located to the right of the qibla wall,...

Women's ablution area
on the 2nd level.

Tanjung Bungah - the new floating Mosque

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