DEWATAGAHA MOSQUE

Dawatagaha Mosque in Lipton Circus, Colombo, has become a byword in every Muslim home and no Muslim passes the shrine of the saint without paying his respects. The 150-year-old shrine the resting-place of the Muslim saint His Holiness Seyedina as-Sheikh Usman Siddique Ibn Ahdurrahman, who visited Ceylon from Arafat, Arabia and visited Adam’s Peak at Balangoda, and later resided in what was later known as Cinnamon Gardens.