STEP WELLS IN INDIA
STEPWELLS
IN HINDI-SPEAKING REGIONS, THEY INCLUDE
NAMES BASED ON BAUDI (INCLUDING BAWDI, BAWRI,
BAOLI, BAVADI, BAVDI).
BAWDI
HINDI: बावड़ी) OR BAOLI (HINDI: बावली)
BARAV
VAAV
(MARATHI: बारव) OR
(GUJARATI: વાવ)
ARE WELLS OR PONDS IN WHICH THE WATER MAY BE
REACHED BY DESCENDING A SET OF STEPS
STEP WELL MAY BE CONSIDERED
TO BE STORAGE AND IRRIGATION
TANKS TO COPE WITH SEASONAL
FLUCTUATIONS IN WATER
AVAILABILITY.
A BASIC DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
STEP WELLS ON THE ONE HAND,
AND TANKS AND WELLS ON THE
OTHER, WAS TO MAKE IT EASIER
FOR PEOPLE TO REACH THE
GROUND WATER, AND TO MAINTAIN
AND MANAGE THE WELL.
NUMBERS OF SURVIVING STEPWELLS CAN
BE FOUND
IN GUJARAT, RAJASTHAN, DELHI,
PRADESH, AND MAHARASHTRA.
MADHYA
Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi
Rajon ki baoli, New Delhi
Charthana Barav, Parbhani District, Maharashtra
The Rani ki vav at Patan, Gujarat
The Adalaj ni Vav at Adalaj, Gandhinagar, Gujarat
Raniji ki Baori in Bundi, Rajasthan; Bundi has over
60 baolis in and around the town.
The Pushkarani monument
at Vijayanagara, Karnataka
AGRASEN KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI
Agrasen ki Baoli, New Delhi
RAJON KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI
RAJON KI BAOLI, NEW DELHI
CHARTHANA BARAV, PARBHANI DISTRICT,
MAHARASHTRA
THE RANI KI VAV AT PATAN, GUJARAT
THE RANI KI VAV AT PATAN, GUJARAT
THE ADALAJ NI
VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
THE ADALAJ NI
VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
THE ADALAJ NI
VAV AT ADALAJ, GANDHINAGAR, GUJARAT
RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN
RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN
RANIJI KI BAORI IN BUNDI, RAJASTHAN
THE PUSHKARANI MONUMENT