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This is a beautiful
cream-colored, multi-domed mosque with walls bearing
recently-painted sayings from the Holy Koran. It
stands at the junction of Mount Road and Peters Road
in an area known as Ayiramvilakku (Thousand Lights),
which derives its name from the ancient practice of
profusely lighting this triangular wedge of hallowed
Muslim buildings. The original mosque was
constructed here by Nawab Umdat-ul-Umrah in 1800 for
the assemblage of Shias during Muharram mourning.
Sydenhams Road
Chennai-600 006
Tel : 28267406.
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