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                                                                                                                                                                   As we walked around the             This tour in particular was a
                                                                                                                                                                   mosque with our group, the          long one as it involved a lot
                                                                                                                                                                   guide introduced us to this out-    of exploring and explaining
                                                                                                                                                                   of-place gated door at the very     especially for participants and
                                                                                                                                                                   end of the hallway. Turns out, it’s   tourist guides who weren’t
                                                                                                                                                                   actually a walkway for monorail     Muslim. Either way, we were
                                                                                                                                                                   passengers! The guide explained     quite intrigued with the story
                                                                                                                                                                   that Masjid Putra is one of the     and architecture of Masjid Putra
                                                                                                                                                                   stations for Putrajaya’s up-        as it’s not everyday we get to
                                                                                                                                                                   coming monorail system starting  learn about the mosque in great
                                                                                                                                                                   from Putrajaya Sentral station.     detail!
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                                                                                                                                                                   The walkway was designed
                                                                                                                                                                   with plenty of convenience
                                                                                                                                                                   for worshippers as along the
                                                                                                                                                                   hallway, they will be met with
                                                                                                                                                                   ablution areas on the left and
                                                                                                                                                                   right for men and women. By
                                                                                                                                                                   taking the stairs nearby, it will
                                                                                                                                                                   lead them straight to the prayer
                                                                                                                                                                   hall.


                                                                                                                                                                   When will this station open?
                                                                                                                                                                   We’re not exactly sure as the
                                                                                                                                                                   pandemic pretty much slowed
                                                                                                                                                                   down any sort of progress for this
                                                                                                                                                                   system.






                                                                                                       Photo by  DenanLee
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