Masjid Saka Tunggal,Banyumas,Java,Indonesia

Outs and full of silence. Nothing can make sure, since when Saka Tunggal Mosque stood in the village of Cikakak, District Wangon, Banyumas. However, the mosque that out of fairness arsistektur mosque in Java, it is expected to be built between the years 1522 - 1871 AD.

Mosques not only continue to survive as a center of Islamic civilization and worship in Banyumas today. Even now hundreds of Java monkeys rely on the continuity of generations, which according to legend mosque built by Kiai Mustolih. Male offspring enforcement in Banyumas Islamic tradition has now become the caretaker caring for and protecting the sustainability of the mosque. In the first decade of the third millennium, the guards and the caretaker is derived from Kiai Mustolih seventh.

As the name implies, the mosque up to only rely on one pillar (Saka). Pole has a decorative carved with motifs inspired by the plants. The presence of motifs which he was given the touch of a single color to create pillars stood out and placing it as the main element of the mosque arsistektur.

Saka Tunggal is a symbolic translation of the holy Al-Quran verse that reads,''There is no God but Allah''. Uniqueness asserted beams monotheistic beliefs of Islam.

Building the mosque continued to defend the use of natural materials, such as when first built. Addition of concrete elements are intended to protect the original structure. Boundary walls adorned spaces using woven bamboo with the original motif. Drum to tell the time prayer arrived, rafters to invite people, lighting a lantern for the night, and the pulpit where the sermon, all are original. Air and light flowing out into the natural environment thanks to the mosque in ventilation system and lighting calculations that are native heritage Java arsistektur technique.

Grave Mustolih Kiai was 100 yards behind the mosque. Residents held a prayer before the grave as a form of respect. Every month of Rajab in the Arab calendar, the exact date on the calendar 26 Rojab Java, performed the ceremony Rojab Jaro. This ceremony is a series of bamboo fence replacement in the neighborhood mosque and tomb Mustolih Kiai. Volunteer villagers harvesting bamboo from their garden, clean the river, and making a new fence. They will hold a prayer and thanksgiving feast when all the bamboo fence has been completed updated.