📍 Heritage📍 Archaeological

Rani ki Vav

Patan, Gujarat, India

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Overview

An inverted temple sunk seven storeys into the earth — Patan's 11th-century queen's stepwell, its walls a sandstone gallery of 500 major sculptures of Vishnu's avatars descending to the water. UNESCO-listed and printed on the ₹100 note.

Why visit: India's most beautiful stepwell — subterranean sculpture at its peak.

History: Built c. 1063 by Queen Udayamati for King Bhima I of the Solanki dynasty; flooded and silted by the Saraswati river, it lay preserved underground until excavation in the 1980s.

Things to do

›Descend the seven sculpted terraces to the well shaft
›Find the Dashavatara panels and apsara brackets
›Photograph dawn light raking the carvings
›Combine with Patan's Patola weaving houses and Modhera Sun Temple

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

₹35 (Indians), ₹550 (foreigners)

Hours

8 am–6 pm

Est. budget

₹200–600

Duration

2–3 hrs

Nearby attractions

Within

2.7 km

📍 Cultural

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