MASJID High Violation. Not many people know this mosque. The location is in Arab Village, Pekojan, West Jakarta.
Talk about Pekojan, this name is taken from the word ‘Khoja’. A term for a population of Indian descent who professes the religion of Islam. In colonial times, Pekojan is known as the Arab Village.
Return to Langgar Tinggi Mosque, Travel Diva visited it with the Indonesian History and Culture Community, Indonesia Hidden Heritage (IHH) one morning in June 2019. Different from other historic mosques like Cut Meutia, Langgar Tinggi doesn't look majestic.
The building doesn't even resemble a mosque. It's more like a two-story house. The lower floor is used as a place for ablution. Upstairs for worship. The area for worship in the mosque is 8×24 meters are not too wide. On the left and right sides there are several windows. It is from the windows that this area can get natural light during the day. However, because the mosque is located near Kali Angke, The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened.
The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened.
The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened, The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened, The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened.
The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened, Cut Meutia, The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened 1829, just like his name, The bad smell from there is often smelled when the window is opened. Langgar is a place of worship of a kind of musala. Built by Abu Bakr, Muslim merchant from Yemen. Then it was restored into a mosque by Sheikh Said.
Its position, which is located near Kali Angke, made the Langgar Tinggi Mosque a stopover place for merchants and traders from Arabia and India.. Usually, they stopped by in a canoe via Kali Angke, then unwind for a moment in Langgar Tinggi. Yes, in the 19th century Kali Angke was known as a trade route in Batavia.
The Langgar Tinggi Mosque was also a place for the spread of Islam in Jakarta. The activity that is often done there is the five daily prayers, studies, and marawis. While Friday prayers are usually at another historic mosque in Kampung Arab, An-Nawier. This mosque is approx 100 meters from Langgar Tinggi.
Interested in visiting this historic mosque? Paradiva can use their own vehicle or take a commuter and stop at Angke Station. From there the journey can be made using a bajaj or online taxi.
