My hearth journey through lens glasses

Sam Poo Kong Chines temple

March 10th, 2008 Benny Prasetio

1.Pintu masuk sam poo kong 2.Penjaga sam poo kong 3.Klenteng 1

4.Ujung atap klenteng 5.Ujung atap klenteng 2 6.Selamat datang

7.Api keabadian

1. Sam Poo Kong Chinese Temple
2. Guard of Sam Poo Kong
3. Chinese Temple
4,5 In every the end of roof, there are small figure, I don’t know what is that mean, anybody know ?
6. Thanks for coming
7. Fire of eternity

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Old City - Semarang

March 10th, 2008 Benny Prasetio

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4.Pintu depan Lawang Sewu 6.Lawang sewu 1 7.Lawang Sewu 2

1. Old building inheriten from dutch colonial in front of Tawang Train Station.
2,3. Blenduk is javannes language, means shape of the dome
4,5,6 Lawang sewu in english means thousand doors, is called that because lawang sewu has so many window and door.

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Electronic Umbrellas

March 10th, 2008 Benny Prasetio

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1,2,3,4,5 Electronic umbrellas, opened and closed by motor system. Located at a Great Mosque Semarang.

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Semarang Great Mosque pillars

March 10th, 2008 Benny Prasetio

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1,2,3 Pillars architecture of Great Mosque of Semarang

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Semarang Great Mosque

March 10th, 2008 Benny Prasetio

1.Mesjid Agung Semarang dari atas tower 2.Bunga di depan menara 3.Tower 99

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1. Semarang Great Mosque from tower view.
2,3,4 Great Mosque tower, with 99 meter height reflecting Asmaul Husna (99 names of Allah). See references here to know more about Asmaul Husna.
5. Inside of Mosque

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Jatinegara Train Station

January 2nd, 2008 Benny Prasetio

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1. Jatinegara Train Station
2. This guy harmful his self by bring out his body onto the running train.

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Inside Dian Al-Mahri Mosques Dome

December 26th, 2007 Benny Prasetio

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1,2, Magnificient Mosque, Dian Al-Mahri have 5 domes coating with gold 24 karat. The biggest dome have dimension 16 meter of diameter and height 25 meter. This mosque located at Limo stree, Cinere - Depok. Picture above show inside of the dome, the colour of cloud can be adaptable with outside cloud colour. The light ornamen have 2.7 ton of weight.

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