page_title: Great Mosque of Surakarta
section_title: The mosque
hierarchical_section_title: Great Mosque of Surakarta / The mosque
caption_attribution_description: English: Interior of Great Mosque of Surakarta Bahasa Indonesia: Bagian dalam ruang utama Masjid Ageng Karaton Surakarta, menghadap mihrab
context_page_description: The Great Mosque of Surakarta is an 18th-century Javanese mosque in Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia. It is the royal mosque of the Surakarta Sunanate.
context_section_description: Surakarta Great Mosque is located within a 19,180 sqm complex surrounded by a solid wall. The design of the Great Mosque of Surakarta follows a conservative Javanese architecture principle. It basically consists of two buildings: the main prayer hall and the front hall (serambi). The main prayer hall has seven doors connecting it with the serambi. Four main posts (Javanese soko guru) supported the roof of the main prayer hall. This roof is a pyramidal tajug-styled roof, a type of roof traditionally reserved for sacred buildings in Javanese architectural principle. The roof is three-tiered, topped with a mustaka (rooftop ornament). As a royal mosque, there is a maksura to the left of the mihrab. A maksura is a place for the ruler of the kraton to perform prayer. In case of the Great Mosque of Surakarta, the maksura has a small hip roof.
  In front of the main prayer hall is the front hall, known as the serambi. The serambi is basically a porch-like structure semi-attached to the front facade of the main prayer hall. The serambi kept two bedugs (Javanese drum to call prayer) and a large wooden kentongan. Another porch-like semi-attached building flanked the main prayer hall to its left and right, this is called the pawestren. The pawestren is used as women's praying room.
  The minaret was located to the northeast of the mosque. The design is based on Qutb Minar of Delhi.
caption: The interior of Great Mosque of Surakarta
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