Palayam Juma Mosque
The mosque in 2017
Religion
Affiliation	Sunni Islam
Rite	Hanafi
Ecclesiastical or organizational status	Friday mosque
Status	Active
Location
Location	Palayam,Thiruvananthapuram,Kerala
Country	India
Location of the mosque inKerala
Coordinates	8°30′13″N76°57′2″E / 8.50361°N 76.95056°E /8.50361; 76.95056
Architecture
Type	Mosque architecture
Style	Indo-Islamic
Founder	British Indian Second Regiment
Completed	1813(first mosque) 1967(current structure)
Specifications
Capacity	2,000 worshippers
Dome	One
Minarets	Two; One tower (Martyr's Column)
Website
palayamjumamasjid.in

ThePalayam Juma Mosque, or more commonly known as thePalayam Juma Masjid (Malayalam:പാളയം ജുമാമസ്ജിദ്), officially theMasjid-i Jahān-Numā (lit. 'World-reflecting Mosque'), is anHanafiSunniFriday mosque, located in the town ofPalayam,Thiruvananthapuram, in the state ofKerala, India.

The Palayam Juma Masjid is the most important mosque in Thiruvananthapuram. Located within the mosque's grounds is amadrassa. Adjacent to the mosque are aHindu temple and aCatholicchurch.^[1]

The first mosque was erected in Palayam in 1813CE, when theBritish Indian Second Regiment was stationed in the town. A small mosque, known in local terms asPattalappalli, or military mosque, was constructed with an open place forEid prayers.^[2] In 1824 when the sixth regiment was posted in Palayam its officers bought land, appointed aQazi – the Labba family (which ended with Sheikh Mansoor Labba) – and entrusted documents of the mosque to theMuezzin. In 1848, when the sixteenth regiment were station in Palayam, itsJamadars andHavildars made considerable improvements to the mosque including the construction of a gate and arrangements for the maintenance and upkeep of the mosque building. When other regiments were stationed in the town, its officers brought about further changes and improvements.^[2]

Later, in the 1960s, many philanthropic businessmen and government officials of Thiruvananthapuram helped to fund renovation of the mosque and constructed the present-day Palayam Juma Masjid under the leadership of the Qazi andImam Moulavi Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Al-Noori. The Juma Masjid was inaugurated by thePresident of IndiaDr. Zakir Hussain in 1967.^{[citation needed]}

Sheikh Abul Hassan Ali Al-Noori, a freedom fighter, multilingual scholar and the first imam of the mosque who served as imam from 1959 until 1979, and helped elevate to its present-day status from apattalappalli, during his tenure.^{[citation needed]}

In 2009,Kamala Surayya, an Indian-English poet and author, was interned in thekhabaristan, located in the mosque's grounds.^[2][3][4]

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  The mosque and Martyr's Column
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  The mosque and adjacent stadium

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