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|building_name=Hazrath Malik Deenar Grand Juma Masjid<br />
|religious_affiliation=[[Islam]]<br />
|image=File:Malikdeenar Mosque in the Morning.jpg<br />
|caption=Malik Deenar Grand Juma Masjid<br />
|location={{Flagicon|India}} [[Thalangara]], [[Kasaragod]], [[India]]<br />
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|rite=<br />
|district=[[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]]<br />
|state=[[Kerala]]<br />
|province= [[Thalangara]]<br />
|consecration_year= Hijrah 110 - 120 (around 720-740 AD)<br />
|status=[[Mosque]], [[Masjid]]<br />
|leadership= [[Malik Deenar]]<br />
|website= {{url|http://malikdeenargreatjumamasjid.com}} <br> {{url|http://www.facebook.com/malikdeenarmasjid}}<br />
|architect= [[Malik Deenar]]<br />
|architecture_type=Mosque<br />
|architecture_style=[[Islamic architecture|Islamic]],<br />
|year_completed= Hijrah 110-120 ( Year not known )<br />
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'''Malik Dinar Mosque''' is the second oldest mosque in [[India]], situated in [[Thalangara]] in [[Kasaragod]] town of [[Kerala]] state, [[south India]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Over the years, Kasaragod acquired the considerable importance as a centre of [[Islam]] on the west coast. It is the site of one of the [[mosque]]s believed to have been founded by ''[[Malik Deenar]]''. According to ''[[Qissat Shakarwati Farmad]]'', the [[Mosque|''Masjids'']] at [[Kodungallur]], [[Kollam]], [[Madayi]], [[Barkur]], [[Mangalore]], Kasaragod, [[Kannur]], [[Dharmadam]], [[Koyilandy|Panthalayini]], and [[Chaliyam]], were built during the era of [[Malik Dinar]], and they are among the oldest ''Masjid''s in [[Indian Subcontinent]].<ref>Prange, Sebastian R. ''Monsoon Islam: Trade and Faith on the Medieval Malabar Coast.'' Cambridge University Press, 2018. 98.</ref> It is believed that [[Malik Dinar]] was died at [[Thalangara]] in Kasaragod town.<br />
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==Location==<br />
The mosque, ''Juma Masjid'', which is one of the best kept and most attractive in the district, is located at [[Thalangara]]. Thalangara beach is on the western side of Kasaragod town and it is close to the railway station. <br />
==Holy grave==<br />
The mosque contains the grave of ''[[Malik Deenar]]'', one of the Taabi’eens (people who had seen the [[Sahaba|companions]] of the Islamic prophet [[Muhammad]]) and the place is sacred to [[Muslim]]s.<ref>Pg 58, Cultural heritage of [[Kerala]]: an introduction, A. Sreedhara Menon, East-West Publications, 1978</ref> Another notable mosque, in Kasaragod is the Theruvath Mosque which is in the center of the town.<br />
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==Pilgrim center==<br />
Thalangara mosque is a prominent pilgrim center of Kasaragod district. <br />
==Malik Deenar Uroos==<br />
'''Malik Deenar Uroos''' ('''مالك دينار عروس''') is the one of the main observations of [[India]]n [[muslims]] to celebrate the arrival of [[Malik Deenar]] to [[Kerala]], India. It is conducted in the holy month of [[Muharram]] and lasts for one month. It includes various rituals such as the Ziyarath (visiting of tomb), Pataka Uyarthal (flag hosting) and Annadanam.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://malikdeenarmasjid.com/|title= Official Website of Malik Deenar|accessdate= 2012-10-05|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150801230627/http://malikdeenarmasjid.com/|archive-date= 1 August 2015|url-status= dead}}</ref><br />
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==Image gallery==<br />
<gallery><br />
File:Malik Deenar Islamic Academy side view.jpg|Madrassa<br />
File:Old Malikdeenar.jpg|Old Mosque<br />
File:Malik Deenar Mosque, Kasaragod 2018.jpg|New Mosque<br />
MalikDeenarMosque-Talangara.jpg|The cemetery <br />
File:Malikdeenar Orphanage.jpg|Orphanage<br />
</gallery><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Mosques in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kasaragod district]]<br />
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Kasaragod district]]<br />
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