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List of mosques in Sri Lanka

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This is a list of mosques in Sri Lanka.

There are approximately 840 mosques in the country and following is a list of some of the notable mosques that are currently operating.

Name Images Location Year/century Remarks
Auliya Mosque Batticaloa
Al Abrar Mosque Beruwala 920 The oldest documented mosque in Sri Lanka
Ketchchimalai Mosque Beruwala 1024
Naleemiah Mosque Beruwala
Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque (Red Mosque) Colombo 1909
Grand Mosque of Colombo Colombo 948
Meeran Jumma Mosque Galle 1904
Meera Makam Mosque Kandy 1824[1] One of the oldest mosques in Kandy
Hanafi Mosque (Red Mosque) Kandy 1935
Muhhiyadeen Jummah Mosque (White Mosque) Matara 1920[2]
Ambalathadi Mosque Negombo 1846[3] The oldest mosque in the district of Gampaha

See also

References

  1. ^ Zulkiple, A. G.; Jazeel, M. I. M. (June 2013). "International Journal of Humanities and Social Science". History, Distribution and Affiliation of Mosque in Muslim Minority of Sri Lanka. 3: 184.
  2. ^ Mukthar A. Muhammad; Mahroof, eds. (1995). Muslims of Matara District: History and Heritage. Colombo: Department of Muslim Religious and Cultural Affairs.
  3. ^ Dheen Arachiar Family Genealogy
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