The Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque (‘Red Mosque’) is a distinctive red and white historic building in the Pettah neighborhood of Colombo. It’s one of the oldest mosques in Colombo and a popular tourist site. Pettah is a working-class, multi-ethnic, multi-religious neighborhood.
Construction of the Red Mosque was completed in 1909. The mosque’s design is a hybrid style of architecture with elements Indo-Islamic and Indian architecture, with Neo-Classical styles. It has recently been expanded to enable up to 10,000 worshippers.
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