Heritage record
Kharkoo Mosque
Gilgit-BaltistanMosqueProtected
Kharkoo is a village on the right bank of the Shyok River. The Kharkoo mosque is situated on the left bank of the Kharkoo stream, and is located on the highest point of the Kharkoo village. It is built with a traditional cribbage and cator technique, using stone, timber and mud. The building has a main prayer hall with a double- sided verandah on its eastern and southern sides, decorated with wooden arches.
- Record ID
- 8216
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Ghanche
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Mosque
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.24122, 76.24133 — 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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