India's biggest mosque in Kerala

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NRI's to build India's biggest mosque in Kerala​

India's biggest mosque, surpassing the capital's Jama Masjid is to come up in Kerala with expatriates in the UAE and Middle Eastern countries contributing generously for the project.

Estimated to cost Rs 12 billion (Dh 1 billion), the new mosque, to be called 'Share Mubarak Masjid' is to come up as part of a multi dimensional knowledge cum recreational centre on the outskirts of Kozhikode , so far known only for its exotic spices, which is home to a large number of NRI's working in the UAE, the Emirates 24|7 reported.

The Mubarak Masjidwill have a built-up area of 250,000 square feet and would house up to 30,000 worshippers, at a time. The mosque alone would cost Rs 400 million (Dh 33.3 million)


It will also have a library for Islamic research and a conference hall where both Muslims and non-Muslims can come in pursuits of knowledge.

The green complex would be surrounded by Moghul-style garden and landscaping.

The mosque complex will also have a professional engineering and medical college, a multidisciplinary hospital and healthcare city, a shopping mall, hotels and convention centre, as part of the knowledge city," announced Dr M A Hakkim Azhari Kanthapuram, Joint Secretary of the Kozhikode based Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya.


Dr Azhari, now on a visit here said that about one million members of the organisation, many of them living in the UAE, contributed Rs 1,000 (Dh85) for the project, which will also serve as a knowledge centre.

Construction on the site would start "Within the next six months", he said describing the project as "historical and path breaking for Indian Muslims,".

Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya is a leading religious and charitable institution in India, helping the destitute Muslims and orphans in their education and overall socio-cultural development.

Gulf NRI's to build India's biggest mosque in Kerala - India - DNA

 

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[President Camacho]

The building looks super cool!

But the cost of Rs. 400 Million appears a little too cheap to construct something like that.

 

[Mo12]

Wow so the Arabs are paying for development in an Indian city, they will not only make a mosque, but a library, playing garden, hospital and medical college too?

Thank You Arabs!

 

[Roybot]

Wow so the Arabs are paying for development in an Indian city, they will not only make a mosque, but a library, playing garden and medical college too?

Thank You Arabs!

Not Arabs! Indian expats.

 

[SpArK]

Wow so the Arabs are paying for development in an Indian city, they will not only make a mosque, but a library, playing garden and medical college too?

Thank You Arabs!

Its the NRI's of the state paying from their pockets.... They earned it . It could have been used for anything else.. So its inappropriate to call its Arabs giving it away.

 

[Rao Sahab]

wow when it will complete

 

[harpoon]

What a waste of money?
That 12 billion rupees could have been used to fund thousands of Muslim children's education or build schools and colleges for Muslim children or establish training institutes or used for the upliftment of many poor Muslim families instead of spending on a big concrete structure. Why are this building such a huge mosque, its not as if there is any shortage of Mosques in India.

 

[Mosamania]

What a waste of money?
That 12 billion rupees could have been used to fund thousands of Muslim children's education or build schools and colleges for Muslim children or establish training institutes or used for the upliftment of many poor Muslim families instead of spending on a big concrete structure. Why are this building such a huge mosque, its not as if there is any shortage of Mosques in India.

I knew someone would not bother to read the article completely and start bashing at it immediately

 

[Dalai Lama]

Will it be the biggest in South Asia?

 

[Mo12]

Its the NRI's of the state paying from their pockets.... They earned it . It could have been used for anything else.. So its inappropriate to call its Arabs giving it away.

Has the construction started yet? Or are they still planning it? ie getting approval from ministers etc

 

[Dalai Lama]

What a waste of money?
That 12 billion rupees could have been used to fund thousands of Muslim children's education or build schools and colleges for Muslim children or establish training institutes or used for the upliftment of many poor Muslim families instead of spending on a big concrete structure. Why are this building such a huge mosque, its not as if there is any shortage of Mosques in India.

You missed this part buddy:

The mosque complex will also have a professional engineering and medical college, a multidisciplinary hospital and healthcare city, a shopping mall, hotels and convention centre, as part of the knowledge city," announced Dr M A Hakkim Azhari Kanthapuram, Joint Secretary of the Kozhikode based Markazu Ssaquafathi Ssunniyya.

 

[President Camacho]

Not needed

 

[Roybot]

Will it be the biggest in South Asia?

Doubt it, Faisal Mosque in Islamabad is quite massive.

 

[Mo12]

Still think Pakistan would benefit much more having this built in there country, as it has medical and engineering school etc.