Kathmandu’s Mosques

Durbar Marg in Kathmandu

Two mosques, the Kashmiri Taquiya and Jame Masjid, are located at Durbar Marg in Kathmandu on either side of Ghantaghar (Clock Tower) and Tri-Chandra College. The northern mosque known as Kashmiri Taquiya, or the Kashmiri Mosque, was originally built by Moslems from Kashmir who came to settle in the Kathmandu valley during the Malla period. The mosque to the south is known as Jame Masjid, renovated in the 1990’s to the present structure. Most of the devotees to this mosque come from certain districts of the southern Terai region where there is a larger Muslim population. Faithfuls throng the mosques on Fridays and during Moslem festivals.