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Harangus Mosque

Gilgit-BaltistanMosqueProtected
This mosque is located in the middle of the old settlement of a small village called Hadangus in the Thely valley. The edifice of the mosque stands on a raised platform, and it has two levels, one on top of the other. The carved wooden door in the verandah provides access to both the main upper prayer hall and the lower-level winter mosque. The mosque was built with a traditional cribbage and cator technique, using materials such as timber, stone, and mud. It has a main prayer hall with a double-sided verandah on its eastern and northern sides, and its verandah is decorated with wooden arches and a wooden cornice on the roof.
Record ID
8215
Province / territory
Gilgit-Baltistan
District
Ghanche
Typology
Monument
Subtype
Mosque
Period
Historic
Legal status
Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
Coordinates
35.31968, 76.15018 — 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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