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Ravi visits Juma Masjid, creates record

Durban: Minister for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi visited the largest mosque in the southern hemisphere built by the first settlers from India in South Africa and unveiled a plaque renaming the area as ‘Juma Masjid Square.'

He also became the first Indian Minister to join the local Muslim congregation in Friday prayers 130 years after the ‘Juma Masjid' was built here.

Unveiling

“With the first African Pravasi Bharatiya Divas taking place in Durban on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, who spent so much time in the city, we felt it would be appropriate to unveil the plaque today,” said A.B. Mahomed, a trustee of the Masjid.

He said it was not only the 130th anniversary of the mosque, but also the 150th anniversary of the arrival of the first Indian indentured labourers.

Monument

Juma Masjid, more popularly known to several generations as the ‘Grey Street Mosque' given its location, is a national monument and much-visited tourist place. — PTI

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