Panaji / Ponda: Safa Mosque, 16th century monument from the era of Fair Shah, suffered damage due to the impact of heavy rain on Thursday, bordering the structure between mosques and water tanks.
“Because heavy rainfall, the surface of the water in the tank increased and the latites loosened.
Some of the laterite structures then collapsed.
We immediately summarized the conservation assistant to the site to check it out.
However, there is no damage to the rest of the structure,” said Amarnath Ramakrishna, “said Amarnath Ramakrishna, Archaeologists from the Indian-Goa Archaeological Survey (ASI).
The President of the Safa Mosque Committee Murtuza Mulla said that the vibration created by heavy vehicles moving from the opposite side bypass had weakened the lake wall.
The water tank wall has also developed a gap and breast milk, which has maintained a monument, recently filled in cracks.
But the structure that weakened collapsed, said Mulla.
Ponda is home to 27 beautiful mosques built by Fair Shah, which is mostly returned by the Portuguese after overtaking Goa.
Safa Mosque, therefore, a living mosque in Ponda was built by the Bijatur Sultan in 1560.
Safa Mosque in Indo-Islamic style in style and was built on the platform that was raised, separated from Minar Help.
His prayer hall was arranged under the roof of a pointed tiles today but previously built from mud bricks which was influenced by the forms of the unconsiderable construction of the era.
Masonry mosque tank was built with open and coated laterite stone with 44 hammam so that the four arches of his Mehrab style.
Until 1969, Mullas from the mosque took care of its maintenance, after that, the SAFA Mosque was declared a national monument under ASI PurView, making it an important state heritage monument.