[4][5][6] The mosque was built in the Kerala-Islamic traditional Vastu shastra architectural style, with hanging lamps, making the historicity of its date claims more convincing.

Arab merchants who had arrived at a Malabar port, a bustling global marketplace, sought audience with the King to have his permission to visit Ceylon.

In conversation with them, the King learnt about Muhammad,[citation needed] made his son the regent of his kingdom and travelled back with the Arab merchants to meet the man himself.

The story of Tajuddeen in the Cochin Gazetteer may have originated because Mali, as it was known to sailors at the time, was mistaken for Malabar (Kerala).

[23][24][25][26] Since 2005, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, the 11th President of India[27] and Shashi Tharoor, a local Member of Parliament,[28] have visited the mosque.

The temple's Hindu priest is appointed in a special ritual once every 12 years, presided over by a Muslim member of the Pazhayakath family, who makes the formal announcement.