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    Posted: 26-Nov-2011 at 08:34
Originally posted by Parashuraman

Cheraman Juma Masjid - One of the oldest mosques in India built in 629 AD according to the plaque in front of the building, situated in Kodungallur in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Here's what it used to look like.....
 
Now....
 
Yikes, why did they totally alter the appereance?  Does the  building in the first photo have a traditional south Indian archetectural design?  Meanwhile the building in the second photo looks like somebody "restored" the first one by transplanting a mosque from the middle east.
 
I wonder if this was done because the Saudis financed the "restoration"?  IF so, it is very unforutunate that local archetecture could not be kept.  I like the variety shown in older Chinese mosques (chinese design) and Circassian mosques (look like churches).
 
 
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There's not much left of the original structure. Perhaps it was rebuilt to accommodate larger congregations
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Originally posted by Cryptic

Originally posted by Parashuraman

Cheraman Juma Masjid - One of the oldest mosques in India built in 629 AD according to the plaque in front of the building, situated in Kodungallur in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

Here's what it used to look like.....
 
Now....
 
Yikes, why did they totally alter the appereance?  Does the  building in the first photo have a traditional south Indian archetectural design?  Meanwhile the building in the second photo looks like somebody "restored" the first one by transplanting a mosque from the middle east.
 
I wonder if this was done because the Saudis financed the "restoration"?  IF so, it is very unforutunate that local archetecture could not be kept.  I like the variety shown in older Chinese mosques (chinese design) and Circassian mosques (look like churches).
 
 


The mosque was originally a temple and retained that structure for more than a millennium, but the custodians wanted it to look like a proper mosque in the last century, so drastically altered it.


Here's another mosque from the same time period, the Malik Deenar Juma Masjid, which was also originally a temple, but still has the same temple look today, built in around 640 AD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malik_Deenar_Mosque
http://malikdeenarmasjid.com/




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Germany:Berlim Mosque

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya_Mosque_Berlin

Ireland:Dublin Mosque

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Mosque

they are the oldest in thier countries




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Originally posted by Parashuraman

The mosque was originally a temple and retained that structure for more than a millennium, but the custodians wanted it to look like a proper mosque in the last century, so drastically altered it.

Here's another mosque from the same time period, the Malik Deenar Juma Masjid, which was also originally a temple, but still has the same temple look today, built in around 640 AD:
 
Thank you for the information. I just assumed that the restoration was Saudi influenced, yet it turns out that it was done in the last century.  I  like the look of the Masjid much better.   Hopefully,  no more historical Keralan mosques will be altered to look like "proper" mosques.  As a side note, I saw many mosques in Guinee that looked like miniature Gothic churches.  I think the locals were influenced by French Archeitects.


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In England one of the oldest mosques started life as a church for Huguenots. It became a synagogue in the 19th century and was converted into a mosque when Asian immigrants replaced the earlier Jewish community after the war
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Had it survived the earthquake that destroyed it in 1303, the Pharos would qualify as one of the oldest mosques. The Parthenon at Athens would be another possible candidate

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These old masajid and places are worship are still being used by the public, which is why they are constantly extended and renovated
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