Little India is an old quarter of Singapore, occupied mainly by ethnic Indians of the Hindu faith. However, there was a small community of Indian Muslim merchants who settled the area in the mid-19th century. They built a wooden mosque in 1846 and later replaced it with a brick mosque in the 1920s, known today as Abdul Gaffoor Mosque.
The Abdul Gaffoor Mosque is a designated national monument located at Little India's Dunlop Street. I found the mosque unexpectedly and what caught my attention was its rich architectural features. The exterior comprises of several small minarets, an onion-shaped dome and distinct sun and crescent motifs repeated throughout the mosque.
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| Main entrance to Abdul Gaffoor Mosque |
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| Another view of Abdul Gaffoor Mosque |
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| The side of the mosque |
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| Little boy at the mosque |
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