Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque | |
Native Name: | Masjid Tengku Tengah Zaharah |
Native Name Lang: | ms |
Map Type: | Malaysia Terengganu Kuala Terengganu |
Map Size: | 220px |
Coordinates: | 5.2838°N 103.1706°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
Location: | Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia |
Tradition: | Sunni |
Festivals: | --> |
Organizational Status: | --> |
Architecture Type: | mosque |
Groundbreaking: | 1993 |
Year Completed: | 1995 |
Date Destroyed: | --> |
Minaret Quantity: | 1 |
Elevation Ft: | --> |
The Tengku Tengah Zaharah Mosque or the Floating Mosque is the first real floating mosque in Malaysia. It is situated in Kuala Ibai Lagoon near the estuary of Kuala Ibai River, 4 km from Kuala Terengganu Town. Construction began in 1993 and finished in 1995. The mosque was officially opened in July 1995 by Almarhum Sultan Mahmud Al-Muktafi Billah Shah, the late Sultan of Terengganu. The mosque combines modern and Moorish architecture; incorporating the use of marble, ceramics, mosaic works and bomanite paving. The white structure of the mosque covers an area of roughly 5 acres and can accommodate up to 2000 attendees at a time.[1]