See a mosque with a pagoda minaret, Corinthian columns and a Hindu-carved pulpit
Everyone who passed through the port
A mosque at the corner of Jalan Tukang Emas and Jalan Hang Lekiu, first built in timber in 1748 and rebuilt in brick in 1872, behind a high wall added in 1868.
Why it's unique
Kampung Kling Mosque was built in timber in 1748 by Indian Muslim traders and rebuilt in brick in 1872. It is a catalogue of everyone who passed through the port: a Sumatran three-tiered roof, a minaret in Chinese pagoda form, an arcaded verandah on Corinthian columns, English and Portuguese glazed tiles, a Victorian chandelier, Moorish cast-iron lamp posts, and a wooden pulpit carved with Hindu and Chinese motifs.
As an architectural hybrid the claim is national. The Melaka-style pagoda minaret survives at three mosques and all three are in this city, so standing in a prayer hall assembled out of five traditions at once is something the country offers here and effectively nowhere else.
Before you go
The ablution pool in the courtyard is the original and looks like a Chinese garden feature, which is the clearest single illustration of the borrowing going on here.
The 1868 wall shields the mosque from the street, so you have to go in through the gate. Plenty of visitors photograph the wall and move on. Robes are available at the door, entry is free, and it is outside prayer times only.