Ministry of Arts, Culture and Heritage has revealed the work to replace the missing lacquer work on the heritage site, Kalhuvakaru Mosque, which were displaced during its relocation, has been completed.
The heritage ministry revealed 40 percent of lacquer work on the Kalhuvakaru Mosque were missing, when they did an inventory of the relocated mosque. As part of the efforts to reassemble the unique structure and renovate it, work on replacing the missing lacquer work was commissioned to a group hailing from the island of Thulhaadhoo in Baa Atoll.
The mosque is to be reassembled near the Islamic Centre in Male' City, at the plot which previously housed the head office of Dhiraagu. The ministry said work is underway to dig the site at which the mosque is to be reassembled.
Kalhuvakaru Mosque is the only mosque in the Maldives, which can be dismantled and easily moved from one place to another. When Kalhuvakaru Mosque was disassembled in 2016, it had been stationed in Sultan Park for 36 years.
The mosque was constructed in the tenth year of the reign of Sultan Hassan Noordeen. Over 200 years old, the mosque is considered a revered heritage site.