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The Interior of the Mosque

The Mihrab

The Carpeting - gifted by a Benefactor from Dubai

The Right Side of the Interior - when facing the Mihrab

The Left Side of the Interior when facing the Mihrab

For the performance of Wudu - located just inside the front entrance

 

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The Jawatte Mosque

The first proper Mosque was built at the premises of the Jawatte Burial Grounds in 1941. This event was announced in the Times of Ceylon newspaper of 22nd August 1941.

Over the following 70 years, the shape and size of the Jawatte Jumma Mosque underwent considerable changes to meet the requirements of it’s Jamaath . The picture below shows the Mosque as it was on the 22nd of August 2011.

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Board of Trustees 2011

At the Election conducted on the 16th of January 2011, under the supervision of the Deputy Director of the Wak’f Board, the following persons were elected as Members of the Board of Trustees of the Jawatte Mosque for the three-year period 2011 – 2014.

Alhaj J.S.M.A. Kabeer
Alhaj A.C.M. Najumudeen
Alhaj M.Z. Badiudeen
Alhaj M.Nafaz
Alhaj M.S.M. Zubair
M.S.M. Mazahid
M. Faleel

D.H. UdumanĀ  (Great-Great-Grandson of O.L.M. Abdul Cader) continues as an appointed Special Trustee of the Jawatte Mosque & Muslim Burial Grounds.

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