The foundation of Ujra Mosque is attributed to Sheikh Mohammad Kasim, a respected Islamic saint who traveled from mainland Malabar in the 17th century to teach Quranic sciences and Sufi mysticism across the coral islands. Following his demise, the saint was entombed in a sacred stone mazar (mausoleum) directly adjacent to the mosque's prayer chamber.
For over three centuries, island oral chronicles and family records maintained by the Kavaratti Qazi lineage document the meticulous preservation of the mosque's timberwork by local shipwrights and woodcarvers, who treated the structure as the spiritual sanctuary of the island.
