Ganting Grand Mosque, Religious building in Ganting, Padang, Indonesia.

Ganting Grand Mosque is a prayer building in the Ganting neighborhood of Padang, Indonesia, recognizable by its tiered roof that rises toward a central dome. Wide verandas wrap around the main prayer hall on all sides, giving the structure an open and layered appearance from the outside.

Construction began in 1805 and finished in 1810, led by three local figures: Angku Gapuak, a merchant; Angku Syekh Haji Uma, the village chief; and Angku Syekh Kapalo Koto, an ulama. The mosque survived the 1833 tsunami, and in 1818 Minang ulamas met here to discuss removing mysticism and superstition from Islam. During the Japanese occupation from 1942 it served as the military headquarters for central and western Sumatra and as a training camp for Gyugun and Heiho soldiers.

The mosque brings together European columns and arches with decorative motifs rooted in local Minangkabau craft tradition, a mix that visitors can see clearly on the facades and interior walls. This combination came about because local craftsmen wove their own patterns into a framework shaped by Western architectural habits.

The mosque sits close to a riverbank in the Ganting neighborhood and can be reached on foot from central Padang without much difficulty. Visitors are expected to dress modestly and to move quietly, especially when prayers are taking place inside.

The mihrab and the central prayer area carry Chinese-style wood carvings, made under Captain Lo Chian Ko, who also worked on the octagonal dome. A 4-by-4-metre wooden platform called a muzawir once stood in the prayer hall to carry the imam's voice to the back rows; it was dismantled in 1978 after loudspeakers arrived.