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Indonesia Travel - Azizi Mosque Langkat

Azizi Mosque is located in District Tanjungpura, Langkat Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Entering Langkat, North Sumatra Province, a complete lack of taste if not taking the time to witness a historic building relics of the Sultanate of Langkat, namely Azizi Mosque. The mosque which is about 20 km from the capital city of Langkat, or 100 km from the city of Medan (North Sumatra province capital city), there have been more than a century old. The mosque is located right on the Cross-Sumatra highway that connects the North Sumatra Province with the Aceh province

Therefore, for tourists who come from Aceh to Medan going on vacation, or otherwise, can stop to see the mosque. Azizi Mosque was built with a touch of architectural style of the world are amazing. On the roof of the dome of the mosque, for example, arranged to follow a combination of style, the Middle East and India. Tajmahal dome design and a touch of the Prophet's Mosque dome design blends beautifully in the dome of the Mosque Azizi.

For the exterior design of the building, such as windows, entrances, and the court buildings laid out following the design of several architectural style. At the entrance, for example, the composition of the present architecture of the building consists of a design typical Persian, Arabic, and Malay. The entrance is shaped like a rectangular box and then framed with 2 poles. Such patterns can also be found on the door of the building at the Royal Palace Hasyimiyah Malay of Siak Sri Indra Pura. In the hall of mosques, many architectural composition is dominated by Arab and Malay style, as found in the Grand Mosque of Mecca hall and houses on stilts Malay society that is open to the entry of air.

On the front page of the mosque there is a tower that was built with Chinese architectural style, like the towers contained in the Pagoda. Mosque buildings in the past especially in the Malay community, always include a tower. The tower was built as a place to extol the incoming call to prayer when prayer time, before being replaced by a loudspeaker.

In the interior of the mosque, more architectural composition dominated Malay architectural style. Poles that stands firmly in the mosque following a path laid out Malay palace buildings, such as the Palace Maimoon in Medan. Pulpit preacher sermon place located on a corner in the mosque was built with high construction resembles the king's throne. The chancel is designed like this aims to provide flexibility for the preacher as well as provide facilities for pilgrims to observe the course of the sermon.

To enliven and increase tourist visits to the Mosque Azizi, then every year at this mosque was held festival that is named Azizi Festival. Various race presented in this festival activities, such as race readings litany, azan, and religious poetry contest with a nuance.

In addition to this historic mosque, there are magnifying the Sultanate Langkat tomb, like the tomb of Sultan Tengku Musa H, Sultan Tengku Tengku Abdul Aziz and Sultan Mahmud. In the same tomb, tourists can see where break (tomb) of the Indonesian poet, namely Tengku Amir Hamzah. For tourists who come to use private vehicles, like cars and motorcycles there is a parking area is quite comfortable. For visitors who want to perform Muslim prayers, can take advantage of ablution are available in addition to the mosque for purification. So also for guests who forget to bring equipment prayers, in the mosque there are several other prayers mukena and equipment that could be used.

To get to the location of the mosque, the trip can be reached by using public transportation (buses), intercity between provinces, private cars, or car rental. Travel by public transport (bus) can be started from Medan's Polonia Airport to the city Stabat (Capital City Langkat) at a cost of about USD 10000-15000. From City Stabat Tanjungpura journey continues to a distance of about 20 km with a travel time approximately 30 minutes.
 
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