Traveling at Taman Tamadun Islam, Terengganu Malaysia

                                       

Last October, I spent a few days in Terengganu, Malaysia with my roommate. It was a great privilege a happy time about my last trip. The place that I really like at kuala Terengganu is Taman Tamaddun Islam (TTI) or Islamic Heritage Park. TTI is an interactive journey of Islamic monuments of the world because creating the Islamic park is for studying and entertainment destination. It was a park that features 21 great Islamic Monument (or replicas of mosques) from all over the world such as National Mosque (Malaysia), Kudus Minar, central Java (Indonesia), Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin (Brunei Darussalam) and etc. The entrance fee is RM 20 but Malaysian citizen need only to show their My kad to get 50% discount.

Dark clouds were looming up above the sky and the wind was blowing quite strongly but I really like to go there. We arrived at 09:00 A.M   with a hundred of water is falling down on my head. Some of My close friends weren’t interested in going to see the fantastic replicas mosques, as it was due to rain soon but, Nafisanh and Pattama decided to come with me. Then, we regarded the resting place suddenly we inhask to keep away from the rain. Apparently, the rain has scared them off! My friends stood huddle under the tiny umbrella on the side walk and trying to hail a random one as it walked by and finally succeed.

Before entered to see the replicas mosque, we had to check the mini passport first. There is also had a buggy ride too. When we wanted to move to another mosque, we got on the buggy ride until the end of visiting the mosques. Actually, I only visited only 5 replicas mosques and I’ll explain to you one by one.

First mosque that I visited is Mohammad Ali Mosque of Egypt. Designed by a Greek architect and was named after the king of Egypt for 45 years, known as Dom of the Rock. It was an old and strong building which was very interesting mosque.

The next mosque that I visited is Taj mahal. If you do not wish to go to India for the magnificent Taj mahal, you can see the smaller version at TTI. Taj mahal was built in 1631 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. It was a clean white marble inlaid with semiprecious stones in building. I was very interested in and hurried to take a photo with my friends and my tour guide.

There was a small lake in the middle of the park, it was a pity. We didn’t have more time to enjoy the scenery. I only took a photo and moving to the other mosque.

Then, the Kubban Assakhrah, Baitul Muqqaddis was built in 602 A.D. inpalestine/ It enshrines the Scared Rock and Commemoquse the prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

Next is the Nabawi Mosque, Madinah, Saudi Arabia. Madinah in full is Madinat Rasul Allah which means “ City of Prophet Muhammad” and is the second holiest site in Islam. I was really like to take a photo with this mosque, because there was very beautiful and great building especially “The Crystal Mosque”

The highlight of this trip at TTI is a Crystal Mosque. After seeing all these scaled down version of mosque from around the world. We rushed off to see a real mosque, one that is made from crystals the entire mosque called “Crystal Mosque” it’s located just a short ride away from the monument. There was a large masjid with the golden bright from the sun to strike my eyes. There was a fantastic and most beautiful mosque that I never see before. This is the first time for me to see what the fantastic like a monument park at TTI. For this mosque, I did not to go inside but just took a photo around the mosque. The view around it was better than the others, I really like it.

Unfortunately, it was the time for us to go. We had to catch back to the hotel to take a rest. Inshaallah, I’ll be back to visit the entire mosque if I cone to Kuala Terengganu again.