Top 10 Most Beautiful Mosques in The World

10. Baitul Mukarram Mosque, Dhaka City, Bangladesh
This mosque is the National Mosque of Bangladesh. Located in the heart of Dhaka city, capital of Bangladesh, this mosque was founded in the 1960s.
Has a capacity of 30,000 people, this mosque is the top 10 biggest mosque in the world, but still this mosque is too full for Muslim worship there. Because of this, Bangladesh government has decided to add more area for the mosque.

Baitul mukarram the national mosque of bangladesh

9. Faisal Mosque, Islamabad, Pakistan
Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is the biggest mosque in south east and southern Asia and the fourth largest mosque in the world. It was the largest mosque in the world of 1986-1993 before defeated measure by the completion of the Mosque of Hassan II in Casablanca, Morocco and after the expansion of Masjid Al-Haram (Grand Mosque) of Mecca and the Al-Masjid Al-Nabawi (Prophet’s Mosque) in Medina, Saudi Arabia in the 1990s.

Shah Faisal Mosque Islamabad

8. Sultan Mosque, Singapore
Sultan Mosque, located at Muscat Street and North Bridge Road in Kampong Glam Rochor District in Singapore is still considered one of the most important mosque in Singapore. Sultan mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, only with improvements made to the main hall in 1960 and annex added in 1993. It set as a national monument on March 14th 1975.

Sultan mosque, Singapore

7. Baiturrahman Mosque, Banda Aceh, Indonesia
Baiturrahman Mosque is a mosque located in downtown of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. This mosque is a mosque that formerly was a mosque of the Sultanate of Aceh.
When the Dutch attacked the city of Banda Aceh in 1873, the mosque was burned, and the Netherlands rebuild a mosque as its successor. This single-domed mosque can be completed on December 27, 1883. This mosque further extended to 3 dome in 1935. And lastly expanded again into 5 domes in 1959 to 1968.
This mosque is one of the most beautiful mosques in Indonesia, which has a nice shape, carving an attractive, spacious yard and was very cool when was in the room of the mosque.

Baiturrahman Mosque Banda Aceh Indonesia

6. Taj’ul Mosque, Bhopal, India
Taj’ul mosque, is a mosque located in Bhopal, India. This is one of the largest mosques in Asia. This mosque is also used as a madrasa (Islamic school) in the afternoon.

Taj'ul Mosque, Bhopal, India

5. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei
Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is the royal mosque for Brunei Sultanate located in Bandar Seri Begawan, capital of the Sultanate of Brunei. The mosque is classified as one of the most spectacular mosques in the Asia Pacific region and become a major attraction for tourists. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque is considered amongst the people of Brunei as a landmark of their country.

Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin Mosque Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei

4. Zahir Mosque, Kedah, Malaysia
The mosque was built in 1912, funded by Tunku Mahmud, son of the Sultan Tajuddin Mukarram Shah. This mosque is the tomb of Kedah warriors who had died while defending Kedah from Siam in 1821. The architecture from the mosque inspired by AZIZI Mosque in the city of Langkat in north Sumatra, Indonesia. The mosque was founded with five large domes symbolizing the five main principles of Islam.

Zahir mosque Kedah Malaysia

3. Al Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem, Israel/Palestine
Al-Aqsa Mosque ( mean the farthest mosque), also known as Al-Aqsa, is an Islamic shrine in the Old City of Jerusalem. In the mosque itself is part of Al-Haram ash-Sharif or “Sacred Noble Sanctuary” (together with the Dome of the Rock), a site which is also known as Temple Mount as the holiest site in Judaism, because it is believed to be the Temple in Jerusalem once stood. The mosque is widely regarded as the third holiest site in Islam. Muslims believe that Prophet Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the Al-Aqsa Mosque during the Night Journey. Islamic tradition states that Muhammad led prayers toward this mosque until the seventeenth month after the emigration, when God ordered him to turn to the Ka’aba.

Al Aqsa Mosque, Jerusalem

2. Al Nabawi Mosque, Medina, Saudi Arabia
Al-Nabawi mosque is the second holiest mosque in Islam and the second largest mosque in the world after the al-Haram mosque in Mecca. One of the most important place of this mosque is Green Dome (the center of the mosque), where the tomb of the Prophet Muhammad is located. It is not unknown when the green dome was built but a manuscript dating to the early 12th century explain about the dome. Early Muslim leaders Abu Bakar and Umar were buried in the area around the mosque as well.

Nabawi Mosque Medina

1. Al Haram Mosque, Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Al Haram mosque is the largest mosque in the world. The mosque located in the city of Mecca, around the Ka’aba, where Muslims pray toward it. The mosque is considered the holiest place on Earth by Muslims. The mosque is also known as the biggest Mosque. Current structure covers an area of 400,800 square meters (99.0 acres), including outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to 4 million people during the period of the Hajj, one of the largest annual worship of the Muslim in the world.

Al Haram Mosque Macca

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5 Top Amazing Holes In The Earth

Looking at photos like these scares and fascinates me in equal doses. The sheer scale of these holes reminds you of just how tiny you are. In man’s search for mineral wealth, many enormous holes have been dug. In addition, nature occasionally produces some astounding holes. This list is a pick of the five most spectacular natural or manmade holes in the face of the earth.   At last count, there were more than 170 known impact craters on our planet, according to the Earth Impact Database maintained by the University of New Brunswick in Canada. These puncture wounds are littered over every continent, as well as the seafloor.

1. Kimberley Big Hole, South Africa

Kimberly Big Hole, located in South Africa, was a diamond mine over 1,097 meters deep. The mine was closed in 1914 but was later reopened as a tourist attraction. The site is now a major tourist attraction, featuring a bar, small hotel, shops, and eateries – all in the same area that these things would have been located while the mine was active. Workers will be dressed in period garb and visitors will have the opportunity to participate in a simulation complete with dynamite blasts and dusty explosions ? all designed to give visitors a feel for what it was like living in mine town.

2.Glory Hole ? Monticello Dam, California

The Glory Hole at Monticello Dam is a man made hole designed to help drain water from the reservoir. The sheer size of the hole allows it to drain over 14,440 cubic feet of water every second ? yes, that?s every second! Water that is drained through the hole is shot out at the bottom of the dam. Rumors claim that a woman jumped down the hole thinking she would come out the other end but never lived to tell the tale ?

3. Darvaza Gas Crater

In 1971, geologists  discovered a massive underground deposit of natural gas. Whilst excavating the hole to tap the gas, the drilling rig collapsed leaving a massive hole. To prevent poisonous gasses from escaping, the hole was allowed to burn. It continues to burn to this day and has done so without ceasing.

4.Chand Baori

Chand Baori is a famous stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri near Jaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. This step well is located opposite Harshat Mata Temple and is one of the deepest and largest step wells in India. It was built in the 9th century and has 3500 narrow steps in 13 stories and is 100 feet deep.

5.Sinkhole in Guatamela

In February of 2007, a sinkhole in Guatamela collapsed, killing two children as their home, and dozens of others, were swallowed into the pit. The blame for this astoundingly large hole was placed on a ruptured sewer pipe.

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Jambatan Hidup

Jembatan merupakan salah satu hasil rekayasa infrastruktur untuk mempermudah transportasi manusia. Jembatan-jembatan dibangun di lokasi di atas sungai, lembah, atau laut yang memisahkannya. Tetapi, di suatu tempat di dunia ini, jembatan-jembatan yang menghubungkan sungai-sungai itu tidak dibangun, melainkan hidup dan tumbuh! 

1. Jembatan Akar di India

Di kedalaman India sebelah tenggara, di salah satu lokasi paling basah di muka bumi, jembatan-jembatan dibuat dengan cara yang sangat aneh dan unik.

Tumbuh dari akar-akar pohon karet, orang-orang Khasis di Cherrapunjee menggunakan batang pohon pinang, membelahnya dan mengeluarkan isinya untuk membuat apa yang disebut "penunjuk akar". Saat dibentangkan dan mencapai sisi pinggir sungai lainnya, mereka mulai menyatukannya dengan akar-akar dari tanah. Dengan berjalannya waktu, jembatan yang kokoh dan hidup mulai terbentuk.

Jembatan-jembatan akar itu beberapa di anatarnya mencapai 30 meter, membutuhkan waktu 10 hingga 15 tahun untuk bisa difungsikan penuh, dan menjadikannya sangat kokoh. Beberapa sanggup menahan beban hingga 50 orang sekaligus.

 

Salah satu struktur yang paling unik di Cherrapunjee dikenal dengan sebutan "Umshiang Double-Decker Root Bridge." Terdiri dari dua lapis jembatan, di atas dan dibawahnya.

Karena jembatan-jembatan ini hidup dan masih terus tumbuh, membuatnya semakin kokoh saja. Beberapa jembatan akar yang tua sudah digunakan tiap hari oleh orang-orang desa di sekitar Cherrapunjee sejak lebih dari 500 tahun yang lalu.

2. Jembatan Tanaman Merambat di Lembah Iya, Jepang

 

Salah satu dari tiga lembah-lembah "tersembunyi", di Jepang, West Iya merupakan tempatnya ngarai berkabut, sungai bersih, dan atap-atap jerami atau daun, seperti menggambarkan Jepang berabad yang lalu. Untuk menyeberangi sungai Iya yang mengalir di sepanjang lereng lembah, para perampok, para kstria, dan pengungsi membuat sebuah jembatan khusus yang dibuat dari tanaman merambat.

Di bawah ini adalah gambar dari satu jembatan dari tanaman merambat pada tahun 1880:

Pertama, dua tanaman Wisteria - salah satu tanaman merambat paling kokoh - ditanam hingga sangat panjang dari kedua sisi sungai. Saat tanaman itu mencapai panjang yang cukup, lalu dianyam bersama papan untuk membuat suatu rekayasa botani yang hidup, lunak tapi sangat kokoh.

Jembatan-jembatan itu tidak punya sisi-sisi, dan sebuah sumber sejarah orang Jepang menunjukkan bahwa jembatan tanaman ini tidak stabil, dan yang mencoba menyeberanginya pertama kali seringkali membeku di tempat, tidak mampu melanjutkan lebih jauh lagi.

Tiga dari jembatan-jembatan itu masih ada di lembah Iya. Meski beberapa (tidak semua) jembatan-jembatan itu diperkuat dengan kabel dan lajur sisi-sisi, tetap saja menakutkan untuk diseberangi. Panjangnya lebih dari 42 meter, dengan papan yang dipasang setiap 6 hingga 8 inci, dan faktanya satu jatuh ke air dari 4,5 cerita, membuatnya tidak cocok buat pengidap acrophobia (takut ketinggian).

Beberapa orang percaya jembatan-jembatan tanaman merambat yang masih ada itu pertama kali dibuat pada abad 12, yang menjadikannya beberapa di antara contoh-contoh arsitektur hidup tertua di dunia.

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