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{{Infobox religious building
|name = Safa Mosque
|image =Ponda,Safa Masjid.jpg
| image_upright = 1.1
|alt =
|caption =
| map_type =India Goa#India
|map_size = 265
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|coordinates ={{coord|15.40|N|74.02|E|display=inline,title}}
|religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
|location = [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]], [[Goa]], [[India]]
|architecture_type = [[Mosque]]
|architecture_style = Islamic Architecture
|dome_quantity =
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'''Safa Mosque''' or ''' Safa Shahouri Mosque''' is a [[mosque]] located at [[Ponda, Goa|Ponda]] within [[Goa]], [[India]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Shokoohy|first=Mehrdad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ovxq8enmRKUC|title=Muslim Architecture of South India: The Sultanate of Ma'bar and the Traditions of the Maritime Settlers on the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts (Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Goa)|publisher=Routledge|year=2003|isbn=978-0-415-30207-4|location=|pages=253, 256|language=en}}</ref> It is a sixteenth century Islamic Monument. The mosque has a complex consisting of garden and fountains. The terracotta tile roof accommodates a rectangular prayer hall.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goa.gov.in/places/safa-masjid-mosques/|title=Government of Goa {{!}} Safa Masjid|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-03}}</ref> It is an [[Archaeological Survey of India|ASI]] protected [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Goa|Monument of National Importance in Goa]].

==History==
[[File:Safa Masjid at Ponda.jpg|thumb|Safa Masjid adjacent to which, on the South, is a masonry tank measuring 30 by 30 meters with Mihrab designs.]]
According to V.T. Gune, the mosque was built in 1560 by the Bijapuri ruler Ibrahim Adil Shah I about 2 km from center of Ponda.<ref>V.T.Gune, "Ancient shrines of Goa (A pictorial survey)", Department of information of Government of Goa. Panji 1965. page:965-988.</ref> The mosque may be datable to the [[Ibrahim Adil Shah I|Adil shah]] period or even earlier. However, as the mosque doesn't bear any inscription nor is there historical records that mention its construction, the exact date is unknown.<ref name=":0" /> During [[Portuguese India|Portuguese rule over Goa]], the mosque was damaged and burned by the Portuguese. The mosque was left in ruins until it was partially reconstructed in the 1980s.<ref name=":0" />

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[[Category:Mosques in Goa]]
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