The stunning Ubudiah Mosque with its golden domes and minarets has a well-deserved reputation as one of the most beautiful mosques in the country. It has graced many a magazine cover, and is a source of pride to the locals as well as a symbol of their faith. 
Located in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Built in 1917 during the reign of the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul'adzam Shah I. It was commissioned on the orders of the Sultan who vowed that he would build a mosque of great beauty as thanksgiving for recovery from an illness which plagued him in those early days. Colonel Huxley, from the Public Works Department, were ordered by the Perak Government to build the mosque and he commissioned A. B .Hubbeck, a government architect and Mr.Caulfield as the chief engineer. On Friday, 26th September 1913, Sultan Idris Mursyidul'adzam Shah, officiated the construction of the mosque.The mosque was officially opened in 1916 by Sultan Abdul Jalil Nasarudin Syah, successor to Sultan Idris. The cost to built the mosque is said to be about $200,000 and it took 4 years to complete. It consist of 'Moghul' style onion domes, symmetrical in design with a central dome of imposing dimension, four wings with four smaller domes and a total of 24 minarets of diverse heights. According to story, one day during a ceremony and a feast to celebrate circumcision of Raja Khalid, son of Sultan Abdul Jalil, His Highness elephant, named Kulub Chandan and his mahout, Kulub Said, fought another elephant named Kulub Gangga and his mahout, Uda Dabok (the latter belong to Raja Chulan). The marbles and materials for the mosque were totally destroyed. The battle lasted about several hours, only when Raja Chulan called his elephant by name and commanded it to stop fighting.
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