Building Name: | Baba Lului's Mosque |
Map Type: | India Ahmedabad#India Gujarat |
Map Size: | 300px |
Location: | Behrampura, Ahmedabad |
Coordinates: | 23.0089°N 72.5758°W |
Religious Affiliation: | Islam |
State: | Gujarat |
Municipality: | Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation |
Functional Status: | Active |
Architecture: | yes |
Architecture Type: | Mosque and tomb |
Architecture Style: | Indo-Islamic architecture |
Founded By: | Baba Lului |
Year Completed: | 1560 |
Length: | 69 |
Width: | 37 |
Minaret Quantity: | 2 |
Heritage Designation: | Monument of National Importance ASI Monument No. N-GJ-41 |
Baba Lului's Mosque, also known as Baba Lavlavie's Masjid, is a medieval mosque and tomb complex in Behrampura area of Ahmedabad, India.
The mosque was built circa 1560 by Baba Lului, or Baba Muhammad Jafar, believed to be a pearl merchant. The interior dimensions of the mosque are 69 feet in length by 37 feet in width. There are twelve pillars which are two storeys high, support the central dome. There are more forty-four pillars which support the roof of the mosque and the arches in the facade. There are four perforated stone windows in the back wall and the three mihrabs of carved marble. There are two minarets are on each end of the facade. They have base of fourteen square feet and their niches are decorated with floral patterns.[1] [2] The mosque was damaged in 2001 Gujarat earthquake and was restored by Archaeological Survey of India.[3]