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{{short description|Former mosque in Champaner, Gujarat, India}}
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| building_name = Kevada Mosque
| image = Kevda Masjid 07.jpg
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| map_caption = Location of the mosque in [[Gujarat]]
| location = [[Champaner]], [[Panchmahal]], [[Gujarat]]
| country = [[India]]
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| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]] {{small|(former)}}
| status = [[Mosque]] {{small|(former)}}
| functional_status = {{ubl|'''Abandoned''';|Preserved}}
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| heritage_designation = [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]]
| funded_by = [[Mahmud Begada]]
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| architecture_style = {{ubl|[[Indo-Islamic architecture|Indo-Islamic]]|[[Mughal architecture|Mughal]]}}
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| year_completed = 15th century
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The '''Kevada Mosque''' (also known as '''Kewda''' or '''Kevda''') is a former [[mosque]], now a [[World Heritage Site|heritage site]], in [[Champaner]], in the state of [[Gujarat]], [[India]]. The mosque and its [[cenotaph]] are [[Monuments of National Importance (India)|Monuments of National Importance]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://asi.nic.in/alphabetical-list-of-monuments-gujarat/ |title=List of Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains of Gujarat |work=[[Archaeological Survey of India]] |date= |access-date=2016-11-18}}</ref> and, together with other structures, are part of the [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]].They are among the 114 monuments listed by the Baroda Heritage Trust.<ref name="Bombay1879">{{cite book |author=Bombay (India: State) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308 |title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kaira and Panch Maháls |publisher=Government Central Press |year=1879 |edition=Public domain |pages=308– |accessdate=29 September 2012}}</ref> The mosque has [[Minaret|minarets]], globe-like [[Dome|domes]], and narrow stairs.<ref name="Singh2009">{{cite book|last=Singh|first=Sarina|title=India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK88ktao7pIC&pg=PA742|accessdate=29 September 2012|date=1 September 2009|publisher=LP|isbn=978-1-74179-151-8|pages=742–}}</ref> According to Ruggles (2008), the "built temple reified natural form" and nature was integrated into the Kevada Mosque's architecture in a way that was unusual elsewhere in the Islamic world.<ref name="RugglesSilverman2009">{{cite book|last1=Ruggles|first1=D. Fairchild |authorlink=D. Fairchild Ruggles |last2=Silverman|first2=Helaine|title=Intangible Heritage Embodied|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wmicDzxG0NoC&pg=PA90|accessdate=29 September 2012|date=15 June 2009|publisher=Springer|isbn=978-1-4419-0071-5|pages=90–}}</ref>
== History ==
The mosque was built in Champaner during the time of [[Mahmud Begada]], as were several other mosques within the Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, including the [[Bawaman Mosque|Bawaman]], [[Jama Mosque, Champaner|Jama]], [[Lila Gumbaj Ki Mosque|Lila Gumbaj Ki]], and [[Nagina Mosque|Nagina]] mosques, and the Ek Minar, Khajuri, and Shahar Ki mosques.<ref name="Congress2003">{{cite book|author=Congress|title=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oxJDAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=29 September 2012|year=2003|publisher=Indian History Congress|page=342}}</ref> After James Burgess and Henry Cousens wrote descriptions of the Kevada, Jama, and Nagina Mosques, roads were built to reach them.<ref name="Khanna1992">{{cite book|last=Khanna|first=Amar Nath|title=Archaeology of India: retrospect and prospect|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PwhuAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=29 September 2012|date=1 February 1992|publisher=Clarion Books|isbn=978-81-85120-17-1|page=223}}</ref> The Kevada is notable because of its [[mausoleum]]. The Kathra Mosque is west of the Kevada.<ref name="Gujarat1972">{{cite book|author=Gujarat (India)|title=Gujarat State Gazetteers: Panchmahals|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nx8bAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 September 2012|year=1972|publisher=Directorate of Government Print., Stationery and Publications, Gujarat State|pages=95, 762, 768}}</ref>

== Architecture ==
The mosque has many intricately carved [[mihrab]]s. There is a damaged brick [[Temple tank|tank]] for [[Ritual purification|ablution]]s before prayers are offered at the mosque. The [[centotaph|cenotaph]], located next to the tank, is square in shape with a fluted central dome and four corner domes. The layout of the mosque is rectangular. Floral and geometrical designs adorn the niches. The trabeate inter-columns are considered attractive. The prayer hall, a double-storied structure, had three domes, but the central dome has since disappeared. The windows have balconies built over pillars with intricate carved decorations. There are two minarets, which are also decorated with intricate carvings.<ref name=Tour>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid=73&webpartid=75|title=Mosques of Champaner|accessdate=29 September 2012|publisher=Official Web site of Government of Gujarat Tourism|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111016003238/http://www.gujarattourism.com/showpage.aspx?contentid=73&webpartid=75|archivedate=16 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=Survey>{{Cite web|url=http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_champaner_monuments.asp|title=World Heritage Sites - Champaner - Monuments at Champaner|accessdate=28 September 2012|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120501151106/http://asi.nic.in/asi_monu_whs_champaner_monuments.asp|archive-date=1 May 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Science>{{Cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_1BE01ADA16E57D45AE12B1BAA3A6840B7ABF0A00/filename/B+B+Goud.pdf|title=Scientific Conservation of World Heritage Monuments of Champaner-Pavgadh|author=B. Busa Goud|accessdate=29 September 2012|publisher= UNESCO. Org}}</ref> Restoration works were carried out in the 1890s.<ref name="CircleDept1897">{{cite book|author=Bombay (India : State). General Dept|title=Archaeology, Progress Report|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9MksAQAAMAAJ|accessdate=1 October 2012|year=1897|publisher=Archaeological Survey of India. Western Circle|location=Bombay|page=8}}</ref>

The [[Archaeological Survey of India]] (ASI) reports of 2006 indicate that extensive restoration works were carried out at the Kevada Mosque and also at many other monuments in Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park, the Jami Mosque, fort walls, Bawana Mosque, Lila Gubaz, Sikandar Shah Tomb and Sikander tomb, which resulted in a slight increase in tourist traffic to the sites. ASI had already spent Rs 2.25 crores (about US$0.45 million) on conservation in a four-year period and a further Rs 1.15 crores (US$0.23 million) was allotted for more restoration work at the sites.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.oneindia.in/2006/11/11/world-heritage-site-champaner-pavagadh-neglected-environmentalists-1163241246.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130108053835/http://news.oneindia.in/2006/11/11/world-heritage-site-champaner-pavagadh-neglected-environmentalists-1163241246.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 January 2013|title=World heritage site Champaner-Pavagadh neglected|accessdate =7 October 2012|date=11 November 2006|publisher=News Online}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
Kevda Masjid Cenotaph - Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park - Gujarat - DSC002.jpg|Cenotaph in front of the mosque
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{stack|{{portal|India|Islam|Architecture}}}}
* [[Islam in India]]
* [[List of mosques in India]]
* [[List of Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]
* [[Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]]
* [[Jain temples, Pavagadh]]
* [[Palitana temples]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category-inline|Kevada Mosque}}

{{Mosques in India}}

[[Category:15th-century mosques in India]]
[[Category:Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]]
[[Category:Monuments of National Importance in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with domes in India]]
[[Category:Mosque buildings with minarets in India]]
[[Category:Mosques in Champaner]]
[[Category:Mosque ruins in India]]

Kevada Mosque - Revision history

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