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_Malabar Mosque (Golden Dome Mosque)

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Malabar Mosque, also known as Golden Dome Mosque, is Singapore’s only Malabar Muslim mosque. The mosque is located at the junction of Victoria Street and Jalan Sultan in the Kampong Glam district, in the Rochor Planning Area within the Central Area. The mosque is built on the Sultan Mosque style with traditional blue and white lapis lazuli tile façade. The mosque was nicknamed as little cousin of the Sultan Mosque, because of similar golden domes

Malabar Mosque has been built upon the conventional Islamic architectural style. A.H Sidique, an immigrant from India who also designed Sri Guru Nanak Sat Sangh Sabha gurdwara on Wilkinson Road, designed the Malabar Mosque. A. H Sidique, after completing a correspondence course in building, became responsible for both the construction and design of many buildings in Singapore. Apparently, he would never take a design fee for a religious building of any denomination.
The mosque is built upon a traditional architectural style; adorned with a big, central golden onion dome with a crescent and a star on the centre top; and a big minaret shaped like an octagonal tower capped with a smaller dome with a crescent and a star on the right of the big dome. On the left of the big dome there is another smaller dome with a crescent and a star. Series of external staircases connect the various levels of the mosque.

The ground floor courts the Koran study area, the imam’s room, and a visitors’ lounge. A separate double-story annex houses offices and the ablution area. The main prayer hall is situated on the first floor. It faces the direction of Mecca and is surrounded by spacious verandas on its three sides. The staircase leading to the first level is also oriented towards Mecca. Mosque is a unique religious architecture in Singapore.

Outside, there is an area for functions and this includes a table for laying out and washing the dead. To the rear, there is a now small, partly disused cemetery known as Tittacheri Muslim Cemetery which comprises a small part of the main Jalan Kubor Cemetery.

Mosque Data

Architect

A. H. Sidique

Type

Jumaa

Country

Singapore

Owner/Founder

Malabar Muslim community

Year

1963

Area

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Mosque Data

Architect

A. H. Sidique

Type

Jumaa

Country

Singapore

Owner/
Founder

Malabar Muslim community

Year

1963

Area

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