Palayam Juma Mosque

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Palayam Juma Mosque
Palayam Masid 1.jpg
The mosque in 2017
Religion
Affiliation Sunni Islam
Rite Hanafi
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Friday mosque
StatusActive
Location
Location Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Country India
India Kerala relief map.svg
Red pog.svg
Location of the mosque in Kerala
Geographic coordinates 8°30′13″N76°57′2″E / 8.50361°N 76.95056°E / 8.50361; 76.95056
Architecture
Type Mosque architecture
Style Indo-Islamic
Founder British Indian Second Regiment
Completed
  • 1813 (first mosque)
  • 1967 (current structure)
Specifications
Capacity2,000 worshippers
Dome(s)One
Minaret(s)
  • Two;
  • One tower
    (Martyr's Column)
Website
palayamjumamasjid.in

The Palayam Juma Mosque, or more commonly known as the Palayam Juma Masjid (Bengali : পালায়ম জুমা মসজিদ; Malayalam : പാളയം ജുമാമസ്ജിദ്), officially the Masjid-i Jahān-Numā (lit.'World-reflecting Mosque'), is an Hanafi Sunni Friday mosque, located in the town of Palayam, Thiruvananthapuram, in the state of Kerala, India.

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The Palayam Juma Masjid is the most important mosque in Thiruvananthapuram. Located within the mosque's grounds is a madrassa. Adjacent to the mosque are a Hindu temple and a Catholic church. [1]

History

The first mosque was erected in Palayam in 1813 CE, when the British Indian Second Regiment was stationed in the town. A small mosque, known in local terms as Pattalappalli, or military mosque, was constructed with an open place for Eid prayers. [2] In 1824 when the sixth regiment was posted in Palayam its officers bought land, appointed a Qazi  the Labba family (which ended with Sheikh Mansoor Labba) and entrusted documents of the mosque to the Muezzin. In 1848, when the sixteenth regiment were station in Palayam, its Jamadars and Havildars made considerable improvements to the mosque including the construction of a gate and arrangements for the maintenance and upkeep of the mosque building. When other regiments were stationed in the town, its officers brought about further changes and improvements. [2]

Later, in the 1960s, many philanthropic businessmen and government officials of Thiruvananthapuram helped to fund renovation of the mosque and constructed the present-day Palayam Juma Masjid under the leadership of the Qazi and Imam Moulavi Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Al-Noori. The Juma Masjid was inaugurated by the President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain in 1967.[ citation needed ]

Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Al-Noori, a freedom fighter, multilingual scholar and the first imam of the mosque who served as imam from 1959 until 1979, and helped elevate to its present-day status from a pattalappalli, during his tenure.[ citation needed ]

In 2009, Kamala Surayya, an Indian-English poet and author, was interned in the khabaristan, located in the mosque's grounds. [2] [3] [4]

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