Safa Mosque, Goa

{{short description|Mosque in Goa, India}}

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{{for|similarly named mosques|Safa Mosque (disambiguation)}}

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| name = Safa Mosque

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| caption = The mosque in 2012

| map_type = India Goa

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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in Goa

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| religious_affiliation = Islam

| status = Mosque

| functional_status = Active

| location = Ponda, Goa

| country = India

| year_completed = {{circa|1560}}

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| architecture_style = Islamic

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The Safa Mosque, also known as the Safa Shahouri Mosque, is a mosque located at Ponda within Goa, India.{{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}} The mosque has a complex consisting of garden and fountains. The terracotta tile roof accommodates a rectangular prayer hall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.goa.gov.in/places/safa-masjid-mosques/|work=Government of Goa |title=Safa Masjid|language=en-US|access-date=2019-11-03}} Completed in the 16th century, the mosque is an ASI-protected Monument of National Importance in Goa.{{Cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_alphalist_goa.asp |title=List of Centrally Protected Monuments / Sites under the jurisdiction of Goa (Goa Circle) |website=Archaeological Survey of India |access-date=2023-05-15}}