The mosque was erected along with the establishment Kasepuhan Palace. No wonder the distance between the mosque and the palace is only separated by a small square the size of a football field. According to a number of mosques pengusur, the authenticity of the mosque was still awake. Tile roof using black soil. While the use of red brick mosque wall thickness of 40 cm.
Difficult to accept when a core part merupkan mosques places of worship. Therefore, more-powerful wall implies a small fort hideout.
To enter, there is only one normal-sized main door. The rest, side door left and right are very small, only measuring 1 mx 80 cm. Thus, the need to duck to enter the core part of the mosque. "When the colonial power is still entrenched, this mosque which had been one of concealment," added Salehudin.
There are different versions about the beginning of construction of this mosque. Among them, according to records Kasepuhan Palace, which refers to the candrasengkala, the mosque was built on "alert panembahe yuganing queen". This sentence means 2241, aka Saka 1422, contemporary with the 1500 AD. According Kretabhumi, built in 1489 AD. Project leader Sunan Kalijaga. It involves 500 workers from Cirebon, Demak, and Majapahit.
Sunan Kalijaga not alone, he was assisted Raden Sepat, the architect of Majapahit. Sepat is a prisoner of war Demak-Majapahit, who carried off Sunan Gunung Jati, one of the Senopati Demak. Sepat designed the main hall square mosque. The extent of 400 square meters. Place pengimaman westward, tilted 30 degrees toward the northwest. Direction is believed appropriate to the residents around the Haram Mosque, Mecca.
The mosque is divided into five rooms, namely the main rooms, three porches, and back room. The main hall is the building of the original mosque. The floor of terracotta or pottery land, measuring 30 x 30 centimeters. Wards the south portico called prabayaksa, in the ancient Javanese language means the meeting room.
Now, after centuries of abandonment of the founder, past the biggest aura still smelled strong. The combination between the architecture of the past, the outward appearance of a character color and layout are typical of the region shows the area as a downtown in the past. Moreover, the mosque on Jl Jagasatru is very cool, calm and suitable to become closer to the divine.
