Type: Monument - Mosque
Province: Gilgit-Baltistan
District: Ghanche
Period: Historic
Relative Chronology: 16th Century CE
Description: Chandu is a small village in the Theley valley, and lies on the left bank of Theley stream. This double-storey mosque is surrounded by several historic houses. The mosque was built using a traditional cribbage-and-cator technique, with stone, timber and adobe. The bottom floor serves as the winter mosque, and the upper-level functions as the main summer mosque. The primary mode of access to the summer mosque is through a staircase that leads an entrance balcony, into the main prayer hall. The upper floor has a verandah on two sides, decorated with wooden arches and a unique balcony on its south-western corner. This balcony has a beautiful khatamband (a local form woodcarving) on its ceiling. The rectangular prayer hall has four main wooden columns with capitals and bases.
Latitude: 35.316800000
Longitude: 76.151600000
Ownership: Private
Legal Status: Not Protected
Title of Publication: History of Northern Areas of Pakistan: Up to 2000 A.D.
Published In: Sang-e-Meel Publications, Lahore
Year of Publication: 2001
Bibliography/Reference: Dani, Ahmed Hassan
