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The
Juma
Masjid,
Palayam
Mosque
is
the
most
important
mosque
in
Thiruvananthapuram.
In
Palayam,
the
mosque
has
a
temple
and
a
Christian
church
as
its
neighbours,
establishing
the
communal
harmony
of
Keralites
The
history
of
the
Palayam
Mosque
at
Trivandrum
dates
back
to
1813
AD,
when
the
British
Indian
Second
Regiment
was
stationed
here.
It
was
then
constructed
as
a
small
mosque
(Pattalappalli),
with
an
open
place
for
Eid
prayers.
In
1824
when
the
sixth
regiment
was
posted
here
its
officers
bought
up
the
land
appointed
a
Qazi
the
Labba
family
which
ended
with
Sheikh
Mansoor
Labba
and
entrusted
the
Muezzin
the
documents
of
the
mosque.
In
1848,
when
the
sixteenth
regiment
came
here
its
Jamadars
and
Havildars
did
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
here,
its
officers
brought
about
further
changes
and
improvements.
Thus
the
mosque
is
nearly
200
years
old.
Later,
in
the
1960s,
many
philanthropic
businessmen
and
government
officials
of
Trivandrum
took
up
its
renovation
and
constructed
the
present-day
Palayam
Juma
Masjid
under
the
leadership
of
the
Qazi
and
Imam
Moulavi
Sheikh
Abul
Hassan
Ali
Al-Noori.
The
Juma
Masjid
was
inaugurated
by
the
President
of
India
Dr.
Zakir
Hussain
in
1967.
Sheikh
Abul
Hassan
Ali
Al-Noori
(1921โ2011),
a
freedom
fighter,
multilingual
scholar
and
the
first
Imam
of
Palayam
Juma
Masjid
who
served
here
for
close
to
two
decades
(1959โ1979),
helped
elevate
to
its
present-day
status
from
a
โpattalappalliโ,
during
his
tenure
as
Imam.