Heritage record
Gronkhoor Mosque
Gilgit-BaltistanMosqueProtected
This building is situated on a raised stone platform, in the Gronkhoor settlement of the Churka village in Shigar. Built on a high platform that provides two routes of access to its main prayer hall, the mosque houses an additional room to its south, constructed using a traditional wattle and daub technique. This surplus room has been used for Moharram congregations since 1994.
- Record ID
- 8408
- Province / territory
- Gilgit-Baltistan
- District
- Shigar
- Typology
- Monument
- Subtype
- Mosque
- Period
- Historic
- Legal status
- Not Protected — UNVERIFIED; no statute or notification cited
- Coordinates
- 35.48697, 75.68740 — source-provided, not field-verified
- Verification status
- source_record; automatically_standardized; verification_required
- Sources
- Anonymous. (Miscellaneous). Built Heritage of Gilgit Baltistan by Baltistan Culture and Development Foundation. Unpublished.
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