Tomb Stone Layang or often called the Garden Tomb Kings of the Kingdom of Pontianak iniawal, built by the First King (Sultan Syarief Abdurrachman Alqadrie) until the last King (Sultan Hamid II) as well as some of the royal family. This place is usually crowded, especially on the Great Day of Islam by the local community or even of the districts that exist around West Kalimantan. The tomb is located about 2 kilometers from Pontianak Khatulistiwakota monument.In this cemetery complex, also buried the empress and the prince Kadriah Pontianak Sultanate. Batu Layang cemetery has been built since the reign of Sultan Abdurrahman Sharif Alkadrie (1771-1808 AD).
The existence of this tomb can not be separated from the establishment of Abdurrahman Pontianak by Syarief Alkadrie.Para visitors who will enter the tomb must be going through the gate that was painted in yellow. This yellow color is also available on the cement fence surrounding the cemetery complex. After going through the gate and the door that leads inside, visitors are required to remove footwear.
Mausoleum of Sultan Sharif Abd Alkadrie, founder of the Sultanate of Pontianak Kadriah, looks to be the central area of this cemetery. The tomb is located in the middle, straight with the road when the visitors will enter the cemetery complex.
Mausoleum of Sultan Sharif Abd Alkadrie placed in a single room that is similar to a small bunker, so the visitors who will enter the tomb should bow their heads. Making this kind of place is more meaningful symbolic, with the intention that the visitors who will enter his head as a form of homage to the founder of the Sultanate of Pontianak Kadriah.
The sultan's tomb here mostly have the same color marker, which is colored gold. In addition, the tombstones in the cemetery is also written in Arabic script which symbolizes that it breathe Pontianak Sultanate Kadriah Islam. This is consistent with the history of the establishment by the Sultan of Pontianak Sultanate Kadriah Alkadrie Abdurrahman Sharif, who was a cleric of the area called Hadramaut, South Yemen.
The combination of yellow (gold), which symbolizes the color of a typical Malay Arabic script combined with the nuances of Islam shows that Pontianak Sultanate Kadriah builds upon the mixing of cultures, at least is dominated by two cultures, namely Arabic and Malay. Reflection of cultural fusion is even carried on a headstone and grave at Batu Layang this.
Outside the cemetery complex, looking mound of stone painted with the color green. This mound is known as Batu Layang. Near Batu Layang, there is a cannon that was painted in yellow.
Batu Layang ordinary tomb visited before or during major holidays such as Eid al-Fitr Islam, Prophet Muhammad 's, and others.
Batu Layang tomb cemetery is a place for the sultan in the Sultanate of Pontianak Kadriah. This place is storing historical evidence of the greatness of the Sultanate and the forerunner to the establishment Kadriah Pontianak. Architecture (tombstones) which is a blend of Islam and Malay culture evident in this tomb.
The graves of the sultans in the Sultanate of Pontianak Kadriah located in an area called Batu Layang, located approximately 15 kilometers from the mouth of the Kapuas River or 2 kilometers from the Equator monument in Batu Layang, Pontianak.Pengunjung which will make pilgrimages to the Tomb Stone Layang no charge to enter. Batu Layang tomb can be reached by car about 15 minutes from the Equator monument. Can also be reached by canoe in the form of water transportation from the Port of Pontianak in rate of $ 10,000.00 each way.
Outside the cemetery complex, there is a mosque that can be used to pray at the same time pray for the souls of the sultan and the sultan's family had been buried in the Tomb of Stone Fly. Besides surau, around the tomb also contained small shops that provide a variety of foods and beverages to serve the visitors who want to eat and drink
