The great thing about doing road trip is that you can stop
anywhere you want at any time you feels like.
It brought us to Veranda of Mecca City in Riau, Kampar.
And this is what we did, Iman, our kind supir wanted to show
us the oldest mosque in Kampar, Province of Riau, Indonesia and to perform the
Zuhur prayers as well. We stopped at Jami Air Tiris, an mosque that was built
in 1901 AD. The design was influenced by Malay and Chinese architectural
styles, the uniqueness is that it was built without using a single nail and
that it has a pyramid-shaped roof.
There is one thing that I found out right after I got back
to Malaysia, that there is a water bath in it submerged large rock-like head of
buffalo, apparently the stone is constantly moving despite no one moving it.
Many said that it being sacred, hence they visited this beautiful mosque and cleanse
themselves with the water, thus resulting to their wish and desire being
granted, also that the water is able to cure diseases. Katanya lah kan…
Like any places, there is also a legend associated with Jami
Air Tiris as well (wallahulam), during the Netherlands colonial era, they have tried
to burn the mosque down but to no avail, not only that, Mesjid Jami survived the
flood.
Note :
Many have requested me to share the list of places I covered during this road trip, I will do so in my next post.
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