Saka Tunggal Mosque, Historical mosque in Cikakak, Banyumas, Indonesia.
Saka Tunggal Mosque is a single-storey building with pale blue walls and a green-painted upper band, set on a low grey stone platform reached by two steps. Its facade has five arched openings: a central pair of panelled wooden double doors and four shuttered windows, two on each side, divided by black tapered buttresses. The roof is grey corrugated metal, and a two-tiered tower with a small blue pyramidal cap rises above the left part.
Kiai Mustolih founded the mosque, called Baitussalam, as a centre of preaching in Cikakak. Its single main post is inscribed with the year 1288 CE (687 AH), though the books recording its construction have been lost. Indonesia designated it a cultural property in 2004.
On Fridays, worshippers chant dhikr and salawat in a mixed Arabic-Javanese style called ura-ura, sung to Javanese kidung melodies before and after prayer. The imam wears an udeng headcloth instead of a peci, the sermon is chanted, and four muazins in white long-sleeved shirts and batik udeng call the adhan together without loudspeakers.
The mosque is located roughly 30 kilometers (18 miles) southwest of Purwokerto and welcomes visitors daily, though reaching it requires traveling through rural roads. Plan your visit ahead and be prepared for the countryside setting and access conditions.
Each year the Jaro Rohab ceremony takes place, when the bamboo fences around the cemetery are replaced and people from several regions gather together. This local event shows how the community keeps its traditions alive and maintains them.
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