Mohaideen Andavar Mosque, Thirukkalachery, Nagapattinam
Mohaideen
Andavar Mosque in Thirukkalachery is located in Mosque Street (also called Pallivasal
Street; Pallivasal in Tamil means "mosque"). This mosque got its name when it was originally
built in the land donated by local philanthropist in 1936 and through donations
from Indian immigrants from Malaya (now Malaysia) and French Indochina (now Vietnam). Donations were
collected mainly by Pitchai Ghani Rawuthar and Ave Mohamed Yusuf (both now
deceased).
This
mosque was then re-built in 1990 by Ave Mohamed Yusuf's son, Ave Abdul Hameed
with his own funds without any donations from the public. However, Ave Abdul
Hameed's son Ave Abdul Bachir had said that he had donated US $100,000
(approximately equivalent to about 4 Million Indian Rupees then) in a single
payment from Switzerland towards the reconstruction of this mosque. No
other reliable donation details within the Ave's family or his other children
were available while he was still alive after the construction of this mosque.
This
mosque still retains the name Mohaideen Andawar Mosque or Mohaideen Andawar
Jamea Masjid. This is one of the biggest mosques (with a unique large dome
similar like Prophet Muhammad's Mosque in Medina, Saudi
Arabia) in Nagapattinam District
of Tamilnadu.