Kasaragod - Malik Deenar and Malik Deenar Mosque of Thalangara

Malik Deenar and Malik Deenar Mosque of Thalangara

Malik Deenar (رضي الله عنه), Arabic مالك دينار رضي الله عنه is the first follower of the Islamic prophet Muhammed who came to India to propagate Islam in the Indian Subcontinent and his tomb locates at Thalangara and is one of national pilgrimage centre.Malik Deenar Mosque, formally Malik Deenar Grand Juma Masjid, is a mosque located about a kilometre from Kasaragod, Kerala, India, on the coast. The mosque is dedicated to Malik Deenar who arrived from Arabia with his family on a mission to spread Islam on the coast of Kerala. It was originally built in around 642. Years later, the mosque was reconstructed in 1809. Malik Deenar Islamic Academy, educational institution named after this great personalty and affiliated to Darul Huda Islamic University, Chemmad, locates at Thalangara.

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