Ubudiah Mosque (Kuala Kangsar)
Ubudiah Mosque (Kuala
Kangsar)
Masjid Ubudiah is Perak's royal
mosque, and is situated in the royal town of Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia. Masjid
Ubudiah Mosque is the Malaysia's some of most beautiful mosques, the Masjid
Ubudiah (or Ubudiah Mosque) has golden dome and minarets creating a
spellbinding sight, from near and afar. The mosque was designed by Arthur
Benison Hubback, a government architect .This Masjid was Built in 1917 during
the reign of the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul'adzam Shah. It
was commissioned on the orders of the Sultan, who vowed that he would build a
mosque of great beauty as thanksgiving for recovery from an illness which
plagued him in those early days. The construction of the mosque was not without
difficulties. Work was interrupted several times, once when two elephants
belonging to the sultan's and Raja Chulan were fighting and ran over and
damaged the imported Italian marble titles.