Sultan Mosque or Masjid Sultan is a

mosque A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, ...

located at Muscat Street and

North Bridge Road North Bridge Road () is a one-way road in Singapore, running north of the Singapore River. It starts at the junction with Crawford Street in Kallang, on the western bank of the Rochor River, and continues in a southwest direction before ending at ...

within the

Kampong Glam Kampong Glam ( Malay: Kampung Gelam; Jawi: کامڤوڠ ڬلم ; ; Tamil: கம்போங் கிளாம்) is a neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Singapore. It is located north of the Singapore River, in the planning area of ...

precinct of the district of

Rochor Rochor is a planning area located within the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. Rochor shares boundaries with the following planning areas – Kallang to the north and east, Newton to the west, as well as Museum and the Downtow ...

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. It was named after Sultan Hussain Shah. In 1975, it was designated a national monument.

Opening

The mosque was two-thirds complete and was formally opened on 27 December 1929. The mosque was fully completed in 1932. The Sultan Mosque has stayed essentially unchanged since it was built, with only repairs carried out to the main hall in 1968 and an annex added in 1993. It was

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d as a national monument on 8 March 1975. The mosque is currently managed by its own Board of Trustees and Management Board.

Transportation

The mosque is accessible from

Bugis MRT station Bugis MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East West line and Downtown line in Bugis, Singapore. Located under the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street, the station is close to Bugis Juncti ...

and

Jalan Besar MRT Station Jalan Besar MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Downtown Line in Rochor, Singapore. The station is located under Jalan Besar, at the junction with Weld Road, hence its name. The station was first announced as Sungei ...

Station.

Gallery

File:Masjid Sultan Singapura.JPG, Masjid Sultan Sign File:Masjid Sultan.JPG, Masjid Sultan at Muscat Street in

File:Masjid Sultan Aerial Perspective.jpg, Masjid Sultan Aerial Perspective. The urban encroachment into the heritage protected precinct of Kampong Glam - home of Singapore's precolonial indigenous artisocracy is visible from this aerial panorama taken in February 2008 File:Aerial perspective of Masjid Sultan in Singapore.jpg, Aerial perspective of Masjid Sultan in Singapore File:Sultan Mosque Ramadan Light Show 2022.jpg, alt=Sultan Mosque Light Show April 2022., Festive Light and Sound Show on the façade in April 2022 to celebrate Ramadan.

References

*National Heritage Board (2002), ''Singapore's 100 Historic Places'', Archipelago Press,

External links

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Opening

Transportation

See also

Gallery

References

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