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Kapitan Keling Mosque

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Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Kapitan Keling Mosque
Phone:
+60 4-261 4215

Hours:
Sunday11:30am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm, 5pm - 6:30pm
Monday11:30am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm, 5pm - 6:30pm
Tuesday11:30am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm, 5pm - 6:30pm
Wednesday11:30am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm, 5pm - 6:30pm
Thursday11:30am - 1pm, 2pm - 4pm
FridayClosed
SaturdayClosed


The Kapitan Keling Mosque is a mosque built in the 19th century by Indian Muslim traders in George Town, Penang, Malaysia. It is situated on the corner of Buckingham Street and Pitt Street . Being a prominent Islamic historic centre, it is part of the World Heritage Site of George Town and lies at the centre of the city's Tamil Muslim neighbourhood, the chulias. It is the first permanent Muslim institution to have been established in the area, dating from the early 1800s. Cauder Mohuddeen Merican is known as the founder of the mosque and leader of the Chulias. In 1801 Sir George Leith, who was then Lieutenant Governor of Penang, appointed a prominent Indian Muslim leader, Cauder Mohudeen, as Captain of the South Indian “Keling” community. He granted a piece of land to build a mosque on the south side of Malabar Street . Cauder Mohudeen was a ship mandoor or foreman from Porto Novo, which the Tamils called Paringgipettai and the Muslims Mahmudbandar, about 50 kilometres south of Pondicherry in India. He was referred to as 'Kapitan Kling'.Keling is a Malay term for people of Indian origin, nowadays considered offensive but not so considered at the time when the mosque was built. The Kapitan was a representative of the Indian community, like the Kapitan Cina for the Chinese community. Another renovation in 1930 gave the Kapitan Keling Mosque its present appearance after the previous design was deemed impractical. In keeping with tradition, the mosque was not rebuilt, but only enlarged. Among the major work during this period included doubling the height of the central prayer hall, improvement to the ventilation system, and allowing more natural light to enter. The exterior is ochre yellowed while the interior had white marble floors and a high ceiling. The interior aisles are formed by a series of horseshoe arches, crowned with King Edward's plaques. The façade of the building and its interior were decorated with geometric designs, as human and animal forms are forbidden in Islam.
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