Indian Mosque, Kuching

The former mosque building was constructed in December 1871 by a group of Indian Muslims. It was built on land purchased from the government under Charles Brooke's administration for 60 Sarawak Dollars. The land was located in what was then a centre of Indian Muslim commerce, in the area now known as Gambir Street and India Street in Kuching.^[2] This old building is still standing between textile and spices shop on the Gambir Street and locally known as Masjid Tambi.^[3] Four important individuals, Messrs Thamby Abdullah, Kather Maideen, Kader Basah and Said Mohamed, were the pioneers in implementing the mosque's upgrading work.^[4]

The construction project of the floating mosque to replace the former one began on 2016.^[5] The building cost of MYR 21 million to build, and is able to accommodate 1,600 worshipper at once.^[6]