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MINARAT• MEANING – LIGHTHOUSE
• SQUARE, ROUND OR OCTAGONAL
• VISUAL FOCAL POINT
• CALL TO THE PRAYER(ADHAN) VIA MICROPHONE, SPEAKER
• EARLIER MOSQUES LACKED MINARETS
PRAYER HALL• THE CENTRAL LARGE AREA
OF PRAYER – MUSALLA
• NO FURNITURE, SINCE WORSHIPERS SIT, KNEEL AND BOW ON THE FLOOR
• ALONG THE WALLS AND PILLARS THERE ARE USUALLY BOOKSHELVES TO HOLD COPIES OF QURAN
• SEPARATE FOR MEN AND WOMEN
MIHRAB• ORNAMENTAL
INDENTATION ON WALL WHICH MARKS THE DIRECTION THE QUIBLA
• DECORATED WITH TILES AND CALLIGRAPHY
• TO AMPLIFY THE VOICE OF THE IMAM
• ALSO KNOWN AS PRAYER NICHE
MINBAR• RAISED PLATFORM IN THE
FRONT AREA OF THE MOSQUE
• LOCATED THE RIGHT OF MIHRAB
• MADE OF CARVED WOOD, STONE OR BRICK
• IT IS A SHORT STAITCASE MAY BE COVERED WITH A DOME
ABLUTION PLACE• PLACE TO WASH THE
HANDS, FOREARMS, FACE, FEET
• IT CAN BE IN THE CENTER OF A COURTYARD OR INDOOR
• THIS RITUAL PURIFICATION PRECEEDS ALL PRAYERS