Kottaimedu Mosque

The Kottaimedu Mosque, formally the Kottai Hidayathul Islam Safia Jamath Mosque, stands in Kottaimedu, about a kilometre from Coimbatore Junction railway station. The first mosque on the site went up in 1776, under Tipu Sultan, within a fort. After it was destroyed during British rule, Haji Mohammed Pillai Rawther had a new one built between 1901 and 1910; he is buried beside it, and a nearby street carries his name. Some of those killed in the 1921 Malabar Rebellion were also buried here, and the mosque's first president, from 1924, added facilities for Islamic education.

The building combines Indo-Islamic and Dravidian styles. Its main hall rests on a large central pillar with ornate supporting pillars around it, and the interior is decorated with calligraphy and geometric patterns. Its best-known feature is an underground water tank used for wudu, the ritual washing before prayer.