Safa Masjid
A mosque of 1560 at Ponda with a stepped tank, one of the few the Inquisition left.
- Where
- North Goa, Goa, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.4063, 74.0001
Get the Safa Masjid stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Safa Masjid. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Goa volume with your photos and a note.
Near Safa Masjid
Shanta Durga Temple 4.0 km
Deities moved here to escape the Inquisition.
Mangueshi Temple 12 km
The temple of Goa's own Shiva, moved across the river in the sixteenth century to escape the Inquisition.
Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary 12 km
The smallest of Goa's sanctuaries, eight square kilometres with a small zoo inside it.
Basilica of Bom Jesus 14 km
Holds the body of Francis Xavier, exposed to view once a decade, in a church whose laterite has never been plastered.
Se Cathedral 14 km
The largest church in Asia, built over eighty years, with a bell said to have tolled for the Inquisition.
Divar Island 17 km
A ferry, and Goa as it was fifty years ago.
Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary 20 km
Mangrove and mudflat at the mouth of the Mandovi.
Goa State Museum 20 km
Fourteen galleries in Panaji, including a rotating Lamp of Judgement that decided cases by turning.
More national monuments in Goa
Questions
Where is Safa Masjid?
Safa Masjid is in North Goa, Goa. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Shanta Durga Temple (4.0 km), Mangueshi Temple (12 km), Bondla Wildlife Sanctuary (12 km).
How do I get the Safa Masjid stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Safa Masjid and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Goa volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Safa Masjid before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Goa volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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