Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Masjid Jamek Queenstown
9) Masjid Jamek Queenstown
The mosque was built in the late 1950s, with the help of Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) and Federation of Malaya. Its architecture is unique because of its Javanese design elements. Initially the mosque was in a shape of a cylinder which was not appropriate for the Muslim prayers as they need to face in the direction of ‘Mecca’. Eventually the authorities extended the building with a rectangular structure. This was a similar problem found in another mosque that we visited later.
We were conscious that we were running late on our schedule, and so we decided to take a bus down to the next station.
3:01 AM By PUNITHA