The word Baitur is from Arabic language, meaning House—Bait, Rahman is from one of Allah Almighty’s characters, meaning The Caring. This mosque has a lot of histories from the very first time it was established. It was in 1958 when Candi Mosque Foundation proposed an appeal to establish a great mosque in Central Java . The foundation proposed Pancasila square as the selected location. Later in April 30 1963, the appeal was approved by Central Java governor Moechtar. The process of establishing the mosque was broken off due to Communist Party rebellion in 1965.
The process of building the great mosque continued three years later after the rebellion. In 1968, Candi mosque Foundation turned to be Baiturrahman Mosque Foundation. As soon as the stake completed, it was officially launched on February 27, 1969. But the problem was still there, obstructed the construction of the feather of the Semarang Indonesia
The form of the mosque is like an open structure in front of Java mansion—mostly called as pendopo in Javanese. At the top of the storey is used for female congregation with 500 people available. Meanwhile, the male congregation is put under the storey with 2500 people capacity. The lower storey is commonly used for social benefits such as wedding hall, meeting hall, library, and office.
Additional building, tower, was established in 1985, such as elementary school, kindergarten school, and Indonesian Council of Religious Scholars office. These days, the mosque was surrounded by secular buildings, such as hotel, malls, skyscraper building and theater. A gossip was once heard that the mosque would be relocated to another location, but it’s still there, gracefully dashing unmoved.
The picture was taken in January 1, 2010. It was Friday morning and there were a lot of street bendors offering their goods in front of Baiturrahman mosque. The crowded situation is common on Sunday morning or any other public holidays.
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