Heritage record
Toztsay Mosque Ganche
Gilgit-BaltistanMosqueProtected
This historic mosque, locally known as the Toztsay (Balti: Orphan) Mosque. The mosque is located next to the western side of the historic Chaqchan Mosque. It was constructed by the ruling family of Khaplu, and was used to offer a special prayer - the Fatiha Khwani - over the graves of their relatives. The mosque has a square plan, and is built on a raised platform of rubble masonry. It consists of a small prayer room with a verandah on its eastern and southern sides.
- Record ID
- 8210
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Mosque
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.15616, 76.32924 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Dani, Ahmed Hassan. (2001). History of Northern Areas of Pakistan: Up to 2000 A.D. Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore.
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