Mosques and Prayer Rugs (=Namazlyk, =Dzhoi-Namaz)

Türkmenistan 2011. Karakala Mosque. 04.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski and Kari Nupponen

Türkmenistan 2011. Patma-Yrt Mosgue. 04.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski and Tachmurad

Türkmenistan 2011. Imam from Patma-Yrt Mosgue. 04.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Türkmenistan 2011. Koshma Namazlyk with classical gotch göl design from Patma-Yrt Mosgue. 04.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Türkmenistan 2011. Namazlyk from Lower Aidere. 04.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski and Risto Haverinen

Türkmenistan 2011. Modern Yomut Namazlyk from Ashgabad. 1.IV.2011. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Astana 2010. "Nur Astana" Mosque. 27.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Astana 2010. "Nur Astana" Mosque Mihrab. 27.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Astana 2010. Praying in "Nur Astana" Mosque. 27.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. "Koiken Tynybai" Mosque (built in year 1836). 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. "Koiken Tynybai" Mosque Mihrab and Minbar. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. "Koiken Tynybai" Mosque (built in year 1836). 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. Imam Serzhan with Aksakal in "Latif Sadykuly Musin (Tash)" Mosque. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. Aksakal Ata, 80 years old with hand-made Namazlyk and Dzoi-Namaz in "Latif Sadykuly Musin (Tash)" Mosque. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. Namaz (praying) in "Latif Sadykuly Musin (Tash)" Mosque. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010.

"Nur-Muhammed Rusulullah" Mosque (built in year 1867). 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010.

Hand-made Dzoi-Namaz from "Nur-Muhammed Rusulullah" Mosque. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. "Nur-Muhammed Rusulullah" Mosque (built in year 1867) Mihrab and Minbar. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. Medrese (school) in "Эnet Baba" Mosque. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Semey (=Semipalatinsk) 2010. Old Namazlyk from Saudi Arabia in Semey local history museum. 26.V.2010. Photo Aleksander Pototski
















Bokhara, Uzbekistan 2009. Uzbeki new Dzhoi-Namaz. 21.VII.2009. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Uzbekistan, Bokhara Ark 2009. Dzhoi-Namaz from the times of Bokhara's Emir. 21.VII.2009. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Uzbekistan, Nurata Village 2008. New Nurata Mosque Mihrab. 01.V.2008. Photo Allan Selin

Uzbekistan, Samarkand

2006. Guri-Emir Mausoleum. 05.VII.2006. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Uzbekistan, Maidanak-Shurob road, Omonqo-Tan kishlak 2006. Urmas and Aleksander in old Mosque. 01.VII.2006. Photo Allan Selin 

Uzbekistan, Maidanak-Shurob road, Omonqo-Tan kishlak 2006. Roman, Allan, Aleksander and Imam in old Mosque. 01.VII.2006. Photo Urmas Jürivete

Uzbekistan, Langar kishlak 2006. Praying in new Mosque. 01.VII.2006. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Uzbekistan, Langar kishlak 2006. Holy Men burial place in new Mosque. 01.VII.2006. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Uzbekistan, Langar kishlak 2006. New Mosque. 01.VII.2006. Photo Urmas Jürivete

Paris, Musée du Louvre 2004. Plaque representant la mosquee de Medine. Turquie. XVII siecle. 23.VIII.2004. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Paris, Musée du Louvre 2004. Plaque representant la mosquee de la Mekke. Turquie. XVII siecle. 23.VIII.2004. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Almaty (Alma-Ata) 2003. Kazakh ensi. 12.V.2003. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Almaty (Alma-Ata) 2003. Kazakh ensi, in the antique shop in yurta. 12.V.2003. Photo Roman Pototski  

Kazakhstan, Almaty (Alma-Ata) 2003. Kazakh namazlyk. 12.V.2003. Photo Aleksander Pototski

Kazakhstan, Almaty (Alma-Ata) 2003. Kazakh namazlyk, in the antique shop in yurta. 12.V.2003. Photo Roman Pototski