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I was disappointed, I couldn't make it to Mehendipura that day ( famous for its Balaji temple for live exorcisms ~ some other time, perhaps ); but what I was to see in Abhaneri soon, more than made up for it. Abhaneri has the ancient Chand Baori or step-well, where in the past the royal ladies used to come to collect water or have bath. In today's time of municipal supply of water via PVC pipes & taps, its really fascinating to learn how people in the past made their water arrangements, in particularly dry and desert places like Rajasthan. The thinking and planning that goes behind constructing such a monument is simply mind-boggling. Hats off to those folks!
when you are amongst camels, you are in Rajasthan for sure :-)
welcome to Chand Baori, Abhaneri...padharo maaro 'baori'...
entering the premises...
the first thing that catches your eyes...are the steps, plenty of those...
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the architecture ( & engineering ) is simply fascinating....
I try counting the steps, then give up... ( 3500 of them over 13 storeys )
go deeper down those steps, and you find the well ~ filled with water...
shaded from the sun all 365 days from all sides, the water remains cool always...
entry beyond few steps is prohibited, so one can't go till the well...
there are corridors on all the sides, with ancient artefacts stored in some chambers...
In the premises, as I was looking around, some local kids, with big welcoming smiles on their faces, came up to me and talked in ( broken ) English. If I asked them anything, they replied to me in English. They were quite confident in what they spoke. I was amused. It seems, its a result of foreign tourists thronging that place or they must've been tutored by someone in the authorities.
Chand Baori is a stepwell situated in the village of Abhaneri in the Dausa district of the Indian state of Rajasthan. ( wiki )
Address : Abhaneri, Alwar District, Rajasthan, India, Asia.
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