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This is a close-up view of the main entrance of Abdul Gafoor Mosque at 41, Dunlop Street, that leads to the prayer hall, featuring an elaborate sundial of 25 rays of the sunburst in calligraphy. The sundial is flanked on either side by a series of pilasters and columns in miniature. The pediment above the sundial is shaped like an onion dome. The two square minarets on the left and right are complete with miniature columns and arches. Built in 1907, the mosque was gazetted as a national monument by Preservation of Monuments Board on 13 July 1979. Title devised by Library staff.