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Malik ibn Dinar Mosque

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque situated in the town of kovalam in tamil nadu”. Today it says “mosque situated in the village of covelong”.
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Mosque in Kovalam, Tamil Nadu, India This article is about the mosque in Tamil Nadu. The Malik ibn Dinar Mosque is a mosque situated in the village of Covelong , in the Chengalpattu district of the state of Tamil Nadu , India . The mosque contains the grave of Muslim saint Thameemul Ansari . Madras, Chennai: A 400-year record of the first city of Modern India .

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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “mosque situated in the town of kovalam in tamil nadu”. Today it says “mosque situated in the village of covelong”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

mosque situated in the town of kovalam in tamil nadu

Now

mosque situated in the village of covelong

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