Masjid Kampung Teluk Memali Seri Bougainvillea, Perak – 1910

"Your apology needs to be as loud as your disrespect was..."

(Masjid Kg Teluk Memali)

GPS: 4.528835, 101.103507
04°31′43.81″N 101°06′12.62″E

(It was raining heavily)

(The sky is clearing a little)

(Relocated in a residential area)

Masjid Kg Teluk Memali is considered one of the oldest mosques in the Central Perak district. The mosque is now known as Masjid Teluk Memali Seri Bougainvillea, holds 1,001 stories especially about Kampung Bandar Baru which was once the Bandar Di Raja Perak.

(The mosque was abandoned for 20years)

(Built with chengal and jati wood)

(A separate building for muslimat)

(The main entrance to the main prayer hall)

(Beautiful carved wooden bannisters at the porch)

(Characteristics of a Malay house)

(One of the historical heritage legacy)

(A common corridor between two prayer halls)

The mosque was built since 1910 and was abandoned after Sungai Perak’s water rose and the villagers resettled to higher ground. Abandoned for more than 20 years, the structure of the mosque remains intact. The 108-year -old mosque was relocated to a new location at Taman Seri Bougainvillea in Bandar Seri Botani. Its Islamic architecture and carved motifs of Sumatran, Dutch and British and West Asia influences remained intact even after the mosque was relocated. The restoration works were carried out by expert architects, in collaboration with Ungku Omar Polytechnic and the mosque committee.

(A good conservation works)

(Side and back profile of the mosque)

(Relocated on a higher ground)

The architecture of the mosque is in the original Malay form with most of the structures use cengal and tualang wood. Masjid Kampung Teluk Memali may be related to the royal family, as Kampung Bandar Baru was once a Royal City before it moved to Kuala Kangsar.

(Wood carvings at the gazebo complimenting that of the mosque) 

The tomb of the 19th Sultan of Perak, the late Sultan Abdul Malik Mansur Shah and the tomb of the British Resident, JWW Birch, are located near the original site of the mosque.