Located at 192 Telok Ayer Street, the mosque is also known by what name(s)?
When was it built and by which community?
What is unique about this building?
The
Al – Abrar Mosque, which is located at Telok Ayer Street, is one of our
national monuments, which was built around 1827. It was a thatched hut
in the beginning. The Indian Muslim congregation gave the mosque another
name – “Kuchu Palli”. The Indian translation of its name is ‘small
mosque’.
The
worshippers from this mosque were mostly from the Coromandal Coast of
Southern India, known as Chulias. From 1850 to 1855, the mosque
underwent major renovations. These alterations increased the capacity of
the mosque.
The features of the Al – Abrar Mosque
The
brick building is much simpler in its architectural form than the
earlier mosques built in Singapore. It consists of two minaret – style
towers which stands at the narrow entrance, which are topped by a
crescent moon and star. There are two smaller minarets with decorated
domes on the top of each tower, which are placed in between. In 1998,
the mosque converted a neighboring shophouse into a place for the
Muslims to pray.
