6°28'23.2"N 79°58'34.9"E
කෙචිමලේ පල්ලිය
Ketchimale Mosque
Islamic Heritage Sites
Western
Province
Kalutara
District
Beruwala
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The drive along the southern crescent of the bay of Beruwala leads the visitor along an ancient road with remnants of old houses of the Dutch period, a Christian Church of St. Lazarus, dated 1901 and the Mosque of high antiquarian value at the very tip of the bay, where the breakwater begins.
This Mosque stands majestically on a kabook hill. It provides a nearly 360-degree panorama which includes both sea and land, and especially the old harbour, which could have moored the many hundred ships of the Chinese fleet in 1402 and after.
References & External Links
Wikipedia - Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License (CC-BY-SA)
Heritage Day Tours – Volume 1- Nilan Cooray P 23