Kazimar Big Mosque

The Kazimar Big Mosque, also known as the Kazimar Periya Pallivasal, is a Sufi Hanafi in city, in the state of , India. The mosque was constructed in 683 AH and is the oldest mosque in the city.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Denomination: Sunni
  • Description: mosque in India

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple and Madurai Junction.

Hindu temple
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Meenakshi Temple, also known as , is a historic located on the southern bank of the in , Tamil Nadu, India. is situated 1 km northeast of Kazimar Big Mosque.

Railway station
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railway station is an NSG-2 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the city of , located in of the Indian state of . is situated 1 km northwest of Kazimar Big Mosque.

Photo: R.K.Lakshmi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a palace completed in 1636 by Tirumala Nayaka, a king of the Madurai Nayak dynasty, who ruled from 1623 to 1659. It is located 2 km to the southeast of the Meenakshi Amman Temple in central Madurai. is situated 1 km east of Kazimar Big Mosque.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madurai and Thiruparankundram.

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, formerly Madura, is the third-largest city in the Indian state of . It is on the banks of the river Vaigai and has been a major settlement for two millennia.

Town
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, also spelled Tiruparangundram, is a neighbourhood in in , India. Located about 7 km from the city center, it is located on the southwest part of the city. is situated 8 km southwest of Kazimar Big Mosque.

Village
is a panchayat village in of Madurai District in the Tamil-Nadu state of India. is located on the right bank of the , on Route 85 about eight kilometers by road southeast of the city of , the district headquarters. is situated 9 km southeast of Kazimar Big Mosque.

Kazimar Big Mosque

Latitude
9.91275° or 9° 54′ 46″ north
Longitude
78.11426° or 78° 6′ 51″ east
Open location code
6JXWW477+3P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 949998929
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­sunni
Wiki­data ID
Q6381119
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Kazimar Big Mosque” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مسجد قاضي مار الكبير”
  • Arabic: “مسجد قاضی مار الكبير”
  • Bengali: “কাজিমার বড় মসজিদ”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد كاظمار الكبير”
  • Malay: “Masjid Besar Kazimar”
  • Tamil: “காசிமார் பெரிய பள்ளிவாசல்”
  • Urdu: “قاضی مار بڑی مسجد”
  • Western Panjabi: “قاضی مار وڈی مسجد”

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