Landmarks of Selangor: Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Mosque

I have written about the Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah Mosque (aka the Blue Mosque) before in my blog post of 30 June 2012. But as a very significant landmark of Selangor, I am posting a second entry on it in my continuing series of the 'Landmarks of Selangor' as I visit/revisit them (focusing on their history and architecture)*.

Ornate fencing around the Blue Mosque (CNB 2012)

This magnificent building in Shah Alam (SA) was built in 1988, at the behest of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, when SA became the new capital of Selangor. He requested of the designer/architect (Dato' Dr Hj Baharuddin bin Abu Kassim) for the design to be traditional and able to accommodate 20,000. The mosque is set in 14 hectares of landscaped grounds on the north bank of the eastern lake** of SA.

The tall minarets lend a fairy tale look (CNB 2013)

Malaysia's Blue Mosque has one of the largest domes of a religious building in the world; 51 metres in diameter and 54 metres in height from the hollow box ring beam that supports it. The ring beam, both outside and inside, is decorated with beautiful Quranic calligraphy. The four minarets soar into the sky at a height of 138 (or 142?) metres.

The Blue Mosque seen from the state museum (CNB 2013)

* Ref: Landmarks of Selangor. Jugra Publications, 2003
**Shah Alam has at least six man-made lakes.