New mosque opened in Astana

The new Yryskeldi Kazhy mosque is designed for 750 visitors, its building area is 2248 square meters. The mosque is located in the Saryarka district of Astana city along the S-409 street.

The mosque’s opening ceremony was attended by Minister of Religious Affairs and Civil Society of the Republic of Kazakhstan Darhan Kaletayev, chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan Serikbay Kazhy Oraz, heads of state bodies, deputies of the Parliament of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and residents of the capital.

In his congratulatory remarks, Darkhan Kaletaev expressed confidence that the mosque will become the most important spiritual center to strengthen interfaith harmony.

The construction of a mosque on the right bank of the Ishim River was started in 2016. The new mosque was erected at the expense of charitable funds. The building of the mosque is made in the style of postmodernism, using traditional ornaments and decorative elements. The main building has a complex, hemispherical shape, consisting of triangular inclined planes, ending with a dome, whose diameter is 26 meters.

Externally, the design of the mosque resembles a flower and at the same time the brink of a diamond. The height of the minaret, located on the north side of the main building of the mosque, is 43.5 meters, and it is made in the form of “kalama” - “holy pen”.

The chief architect of the mosque Sagyndyk Dzhambulatov noted that alternative energy sources are used to provide this building with heat and electricity.