{"id":32725,"date":"2020-09-05T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2020-09-05T06:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress-440531-2470801.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=32725"},"modified":"2020-09-04T13:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T08:22:25","slug":"rani-ki-vav-patan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=32725","title":{"rendered":"Rani ki Vav- Patan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cRani ki Vav\u201d in Patan or the Queen\u2019s Step Well is yet another example of medieval India\u2019s architectural genius.<\/span><\/p>\n

Rani ki Vav was\u00a0built in the latter half of the 11th century by Queen Udayamati in memory of her husband, King Bhimdev I, of the\u00a0Solanki dynasty<\/a>. This was quite unusual for the time because usually, kings used to build memorials for their wives.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some believe that the step well was flooded by the River Saraswati in the 1980s. Others believe that it just got buried under sand time passed. The carvings and sculptures that adorn the walls of the step well were buried under. Silt preserved them, in fact. The stepwell was later excavated and restored. Step wells were an excellent way to store water in the states of Gujarat and Rajasthan. As time passed, people started dividing simple wells into tiers and adorning their walls with intricate carvings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cRani ki Vav\u201d \u00a0Rani ki Vav is divided into seven levels of stairs and is designed like an inverted temple. As you climb down th stairs, you will be amazed to see the quality and quantity of sculptures on the walls. <\/span><\/p>\n

Rani ki Vav is located in Patan at a distance of 125 km from Ahmedabad. \u00a0Patan is often clubbed with the\u00a0Modhera Sun Temple<\/a>\u00a0which is yet another beautiful monument built by the Solanki dynasty.<\/span><\/p>\n

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You can get to Patan from Ahmedabad either by private car or bus. You can also book an Uber or Ola Outstation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The\u00a0ideal time during the day to visit the monument is during the early hours of the morning.\u00a0 The rising sun casts a golden hue on the sculptures and the stepwell glitters like gold. During the year, October \u2013 March is a good time to visit Gujarat.<\/span><\/p>\n

As October is arriving, you must give this place a visit!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cRani ki Vav\u201d in Patan or the Queen\u2019s Step Well is yet another example of medieval India\u2019s architectural genius. Rani ki Vav was\u00a0built in the latter half of the 11th century by Queen Udayamati in memory of her husband, King Bhimdev I, of the\u00a0Solanki dynasty. This was quite unusual for the time because […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":32728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"0","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,208],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-travel"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/32728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}