CHERAMAN JUMA MASJID
Cheraman Juma Masjid is a mosque in Kodungallur of the Indian state of Kerala. Believed to be built in 629 AD by Malik Bin Deenar, it is considered as the oldest mosque in India, and the second oldest mosque in the world to offer Jumu'ah prayers. Constructed during the lifetime of Muhammad, the bodies of some of his original followers are said to be buried here unlike other mosques in Kerala that faces westwards this mosque faces eastwards.

This mosque has been built additional Hindu architecture style employed in construction of Hindu temple for this mosque. Similar to Hindu tradition; the mosque uses brass oil lamps. The rosewood pulpit, from where the priest recites the Friday Jumu'ah, is covered with carvings akin to those seen in Hindu architecture. A block of white marble in the mosque is believed to be brought from Makkah. Since ancient times, trade relations between Arabia and the Indian subcontinent were active. Even before Islam had been established in Arabia, Arab traders used to visit the Malabar region, which was a link between the ports of South and Southeast Asia. With the advent of Islam, the Arab merchants became carriers of the new religion and they propagated it wherever they went. Indians living in the coastal areas of Kerala were moved by the principles of Islam and reverted. King Cheraman Perumal is said to be the first convert ant to Islam in India.

Legend has it that a group of Muhammad's Sahaba (companions) visited Kodungallur. Cheraman Perumal, then the Chera ruler, had witnessed a miraculous happening, the celebrated miracle of Muhammad — and learned on inquiry that this was a symbol of the coming of a Messenger of God from Arabia. Soon after, Perumal traveled to Makkah, where he embraced Islam, and accepted the name Thajudeen. On his way back to India he died at Salalah in the Sultanate of Oman. On his deathbed he is said to have authorized some of his Arab companions to go back to his kingdom to spread Islam. Accordingly, a group of Arabs led by Malik Bin Deenar and Malik bin Habib arrived in north Kerala, and constructed the Cheraman Juma Masjid at Kodungalloor.

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