Kudahuvadhoo
Kudahuvadhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Dhaalu Atoll in the Maldives. It is also the capital of Dhaalu Atoll.
History
Buddhist Period
The Buddhist era on the island of Kudahuvadhoo lasted from around 400 AD to 1258 AD, with sailors and Aryan immigrants bringing the religion from Sri Lanka and Southern India. Other citizens on the island and island chain were also known to have practiced paganism. Many Hindus also resided on the island as the religion was brought with the Aryans from modern-day Pakistan and western India.''Hawittas''
Kudahuvadhoo has one of the mysterious mounds known as hawittas. These mounds are the ruins of Buddhist temples from the pre-Islamic period that have not been excavated yet. Thor Heyerdahl, who explored the island in the early 1980s, wrote that the ancient coral-stone mosque of Kudahuvadhoo possesses some of the finest masonry ever seen in the world. The unique masonry surpasses that of the famous Inca wall in Cuzco, Peru.Islam In Kudahuvadhoo
Kudahuvadhoo Loamaafaanu, provides that king Al-Sultan Valla Dio Kalaminjaa Siri Raa-Araa Desvaru Mahaa Radun, who ruled the Maldives from 1233 AD to 1258 AD was responsible for spreading Islam to the island. The inscription provides that the citizens of Kudahuvadhoo became Muslim 88 years after the country officially adopted Islam.Geography
The island is south of the country's capital, Malé. It is the capital of the atoll. Kudahuvadhoo is the largest island in Dhaalu Atoll, As the other islands in Dhaalu Atoll are quite small.Climate
Kudahuvadhoo has a tropical rainforest climate.Demography
According to the 2022 Census, conducted in September 2022, Kudahuvadhoo had a resident population of 3,132...