Biting Island, Enchantment Tours Tanjungpinang
Tanjungpinang travel island or island Biting, Pulau Biting Inderasakti in historical sources, is a small island located approximately 2 km from Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands provincial government center. The island is a length of 2,000 meters and a width of 850 meters, is approximately 35 km from the island of Batam.
The island can be reached from Tanjungpinang using motorized boats, or better known pompong that require travel time of approximately 15 minutes. Biting Island is one of the attractions Tanjungpinang in Riau Islands. On this island there are many historic relics including the Masjid Raya Sultan Riau made from egg whites, the tombs of the Kings, the tomb of national hero Raja Ali Haji, and the Office of the Palace complex in Bukit Kursi bastion. Since October 19, 1995, Island stinging and palace complex on the island Biting has been nominated to be one of UNESCO's World Heritage Site.
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Island History Biting, Tourism Tanjungpinang
According to the story, a tiny island in the estuary of the river Riau, Bintan Island has long been known by sailors centuries ago as a haven to take enough fresh water available on the island. Tanjungpinang travel There are written records of the origin of the name of this island. However, from the local folklore, the name is derived from the names of animals that have a countryman insect sting.
According to the story, there are sailors who violate abstinence-ban when fetching water, they were attacked by hundreds of venomous insects. Tanjungpinang travel animal was later called Biting and the island was called by the Biting Island. While the Dutch call the island under the name of Mars island. When the central government of the Kingdom of Riau held on the island increased to Inderasakti Biting Island.
In 1803, the island Biting has been built from a central defense into the country and then domiciled viceroy Riau-Lingga Kingdom while Sultan officially reside in Daik-Lingga. In 1900, Sultan Riau-Lingga moved to Tourism Tanjungpinang Biting Island. Since it was complete role Biting Island as the center of government, customs, religion and culture of the grand mosque Sultan Riau Malay.
Tanjungpinang travel, the grand mosque of Sultan Riau
The total number of towers and domes in Masjid Sultan Riau as much as 17 which symbolizes the number of cycles of the obligatory prayers five times a day. Tourism Tanjungpinang On either side of the front of the mosque there is an additional building called the House S o t o h (meeting place). Historically, the mosque was built with a mixture of egg white, lime, sand and clay.
Mushaf Al-Quran Biting Island, Tourism Tanjungpinang
There are two al - Quran handwritten stored in the mosque of Sultan Riau Biting Island. Tourism Tanjungpinang One shown to visitors is a result of scratches Abdurrahman hand Stambul, an island resident Biting sent by the Kingdom of Lingga to Egypt to deepen knowledge of Islam, on his return from studying he became a teacher and well-known as "khat" Istanbul style. The Quran was completed in 1867 and taught.
Privileges al-Quran Mushaf Abdurrahman Stambul This is the heavy use of "Y a Busra" as well as several houses that dot intentionally obscured letters that read tended by individual interpretation according intellect and knowledge. Office of the palace is a palace of the young lordship Riau VIII King Ali (1844-1857), or also called Marhum Office. Besides being used as a residence, building constructed in 1844 is also functioned as an office by Raja Ali.
