Prayer Time Table – October

FAJR –                04.35
SUNRISE –         05.51
DHUHR –           11.52
ASR –                  03.10
MAGHRIB –        05.50
ISHA –                 07.00

About Masjid

Jami us Salam Jummah Masjid Batticaloa (JSJM) also known Town Mosque is located in the heart of Batticaloa town.
The mosque was established in 17th century by the south Indian Muslim traders visited from Kilakarai, Thondi, Adirampattinam, Ervadi and Kayalpatnam. In1920 the mosque was developed with building of brick walls around and roofed with the contribution of south Indian traders. Since the time of establishment the mosque has been administered and maintained by the South Indian Muslim Traders who visited Batticaloa for their trade activities. Batticalo town has very lower crowd of Muslim Residents in the town itself. However the Mosque surroundings and majority of the high street businesses are owned by muslims from the suburb areas such as Kattankudy, Eravur and Batticaloa town.
Under the act introduced in 1950 the mosque was registered under Muslim cultural division in 1965, the mosque was redeveloped and named as
Jami us Salam Jummah Masjid.

Mosque Updates

Jamius Salam Jummah Masjid Batticaloa is one of the historic mosque in Sri Lanka based in the heart of Batticaloa Town. As a community institution mosque is involved in various community welfare, business development, peace building and social representative activities among Tamil, Muslim, Sinhalese and other communities in the district.

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Our Projects

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  • Peace Building

    Our mosqe is located in the heart of Batticaloa Town, where the Tamil community is the majority residents. In the times of ethnic tensions and disharmounious events, a community leadership is required in the town to represent the Muslims in the area to prevent misunderstandings. As a responsible institution, our mosque is taking part in […]

  • Quran Madrasa

    We have a Quraan Madrasa being operated in the mosque for the children to learn the Holy Quraan. What is Madrasah? Madrasah is an Arabic word which means school. Seeking Islamic knowledge is an obligation upon every Muslim, male and female. It is the duty of every muslim to give their child a proper Islamic […]

  • Business Welfare

    We as a center of community affairs and development, we have initiated a wing WAIT for Muslim Traders in the batticaloa and surroundings in 2009. WAIT consists the members from business entrepreneurs, small and Medium business owners and well-wishers to contribute their support to the Muslim Businesses and Traders in the Batticaloa Town. The organisation […]

  • Zakath

    What is Zakath? Zakath is the third pillar of Islam. There are different opinion in it being a mere Worship as it does not require puberty of the performer. Zakath is a compulsory payment on Muslims who possess the Nisab the Zakathable amount of wealth, on a regular basis performed once in a year. It […]