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{{Infobox religious building
| building_name = Lila Gumbaj Ki Mosque
| image = Lili Gumbaz Masjid Champaner 01.JPG
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| caption = View of Lila Gumbaj Ki Masjid, [[Champaner]]
| map_type = India Gujarat
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| location = {{flag|India}}
| coordinates = {{coord|22.4859|73.5371|display=inline,title}}
| religious_affiliation = [[Islam]]
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| state = [[Gujarat]]
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| district = [[Panchmahal]]
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| municipality = Champaner
| consecration_year = 15th century
| status = Ruins
| functional_status = Part of UNESCO Heritage Park
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| leadership = [[Muhmad Bigada]]
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| architecture_type = Mosque
| architecture_style = Blend of Hindu-Muslim architecture
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| year_completed = 15th century
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'''Lila Gumbaj Ki Mosque''' in [[Champaner]], [[Gujarat]] state, western [[India]] is one of the 114 monuments listed by the [[Baroda Heritage Trust]] that are part of the [[Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. It is located near the east gate of the former city.<ref name="Bombay1879">{{cite book|author=Bombay (India: State)|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency: Kaira and Panch Maháls|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NLUBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA308|accessdate=29 September 2012|edition=Public domain|year=1879|publisher=Government Central Press|pages=308–}}</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=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=Goud>{{Cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/pv_obj_cache/pv_obj_id_1BE01ADA16E57D45AE12B1BAA3A6840B7ABF0A00/filename/B+B+Goud.pdf|title=Champaner-Pavagarh World Heritage Site– Gujarat|publisher=UNESCO Organization}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Architecture==
The Masjid, built on a high plinth, has a frontage with an arched entrance at the centre flanked by two lateral arches. Initially, three entrances existed on the east, south, and north directions. There are well spaced minarets fashioned with horizontal cornices and mouldings, and decorated niches. Of the three domes, the central one has a fluted design and is colourful. On the north-east corner there is a rectangular ablution tank with a deep drain in front. Inside the mosque, there are three [[mehrab]]s in the prayer hall and these are decorated with a central suspended [[kalasha|kalash]] carved with floral motifs.<ref name=Survey/><ref name="Tour"/>

==Conservation==
Conservation work on the Lila Gumbaz was conducted in 1921, which involved, according to an Archaeological Survey of India report of that year, removing the concrete cover over the ribbed dome and replacing it with new concrete and plastering, and also replacing stone floor slabs in the interior of the masjid. The drain around the masjid was cleared of decaying vegetation over a length of about {{Convert|50|ft}}.<ref name=" Archaeological Survey of India 1921">{{cite book|last= Archaeological Survey of India |first= Western Circle |title= Archaeology, progress report
|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xGJBAQAAIAAJ&q=Lila+Gumbad+Ki+Masjid,+Champaner|accessdate=30 September 2012|year=1921|publisher= Archaeological Survey of India. Western Circle, Bombay (India : State). General Dept|pages=21}}</ref> Subsequently, in 1929, an underground drain which runs three quarters of the way around the masjid was cleaned, but only partially.<ref name=" Archaeological Survey of India 1929">{{cite book|last= Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) |first= Sir John Hubert Marshall|title= Annual report|url=https://www.google.com/search?q=Lila+Gumbad+Ki+Masjid%2C+Champaner&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks|accessdate=30 September 2012|year=1929|publisher= Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing}}</ref> ASI reports of 2006 indicate that extensive restoration works of many heritage monuments were carried out at the Lila Gubaz and also at the Jami Masjid, fort walls, Bawana Mosque, Kevada Masjid, 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 Rs 1.15 crores (US $ 0.23 million) was allotted for further 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|title=World heritage site Champaner-Pavagadh neglected|accessdate =7 October 2012|date=11 November 2006|publisher=News Online}}</ref>

The pillars of Lila Masjid and Nagina Masjid were subject to deterioration due to wind, humidity and moisture (bio-deterioration) and the stones were “pulverized”; at Lila Masjid, the top parts of the architectural detailing of two pillars had been lost. Further pulverization was prevented by spraying on OH-100 ([[ethyl silicate]]) and also in a few cases deteriorated areas were filled with stone powder mixed with [[OH-100]].<ref name=Goud/> Other treatment measures included removing insoluble salts using a 2% solution of [[sodium]][[hexa meta phosphate]], [[ferrous salt]]s with a 2% solution of [[EDTA]] and removing [[bat]] excreta with a 5% solution of [[liquid ammonia]] and non-ionic [[detergent]] followed by a second stage of treatment by applying a mixture of [[ammonium carbonate]] and [[ammonium bicarbonate]], with EDTA as an additive. Micro-vegetation growth were carefully removed by brushing with soft [[nylon]] brushes sprayed with an aqueous solution of 3% ammonia and 1% non-ionic detergent, which was later removed by washing with a large quantity of water.<ref name=Goud/>

==See also==
* [[Monuments of Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Mosques in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park]]
[[Category:15th-century mosques]]

Lila Gumbaj Ki Mosque - Revision history

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