Rani ki vaav

Rani ki Vav or Ranki vav (lit. ’Queen’s stepwell‘) is a stepwall situated in the town of patan in Gujarat state of India. It is located on the banks of Saraswati River. Its construction is attributed to Udayamati, daughter of Khengara of Saurashtra, queen of the 11th-century Chaulukya dynasty and spouse of Bhima 1. Silted over, it was rediscovered in 1940s and restored in 1980s by the Archeological Survey of India. It has been listed as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage site since 2014.

The finest and one of the largest examples of its kind and designed as an inverted temple highlighting the sanctity of water, the stepwell is divided into seven levels of stairs with sculptural panels; more than 500 principal sculptures and over a thousand minor ones combine religious, mythological and secular imagery.

Rani ki vav is declared the Monument of National Importance and protected by the ASI. It was added to the UNESCO’s World Heritage site on 22 June 2014. It was named India’s “Cleanest Iconic Place” at the 2016 Indian Sanitation Conference.

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