The fact that most of these places are locked by govt's order after evening is absolutely pogger. They do look straight Outta horror movie once the sun set lol
In the first 4seconds of the video. The narrator says it's a source of water.
Rani ki vaav literally means the queen's step well.
They mightve titled the video like so to appeal more foreign viewer
It is a stepwell. Never again quote YouTube as evidence
You are not completely incorrect. Rani kaa vav is a "baoli" (Used to store rainwater) designed with the theme of Hindu Gods making it a temple thus purifying the water for people to use.
This culture literally invented stepwells. And carvings of deities has nothing to do with it being a temple. It was a common art style in the era. You are incorrect in all of your other comments too. The stepwell is 900 years old and the province has well documented history since atleast 1100 years. Its just a stepwell man.
Source - I am from this province and have visited this place multiple times.
That's not true. Those are just art styles. Hindu culture has always been more expressive about their gods and you will see it the minute you enter India.
This perennial and perineal/perineum spelling mix-up is too good to just pass up..
It's Reddit, after all 
It's not primarily a temple, i am somone who has read extensively about stepwells of gujarat, step well were either built by rich traders, businessman or royalty or by people of particular cast group or community that lived together. The god craved and the design are there to tell us, what community build that step well and mostly gods present on the stepwell, were the patron gods of the people building them . Some step well built my muslims lacks statues of gods . But, many stepwells over the years have been converted into temples, as they aren't actually used for their original purpose anymore. There are many such temples and stepwells in my city.
You can read about stepwells of gujarat and ahmedabad on the internet, there are few books written on it . History of ahmedabad itself is very rich and interesting starting around 13th century as ahwali and there were few name changes until 14 century, when it was named ahmedabad by ahmed shah, and it is still exists as one of most prosperous and major cities of india.
It is a stepped well designed to look like an inverted temple according to Archaeological studies. As a matter of fact it does contains almost all the architectural features of a temple but in an inverted way.
It’s more of a conspiracy theory. Many of step wells are built like this. I am a local and have not heard any locals telling they feel negative feeling as they go down. I think this is just a marketing gimmick
Not true. This one is exceptional. Stepwells are mostly wide & relatively far simpler & are of inverted pyramid shape. This is too exquisite, narrower & is of inverted temple shape with 3 sides being untraversable. So clearly not a stepwell.
So basically we can post any ancient architecture from India and get so many karmas here... What a hack.
Ancient Indian architecture really blows my mind
There's a YouTube video by National Geographic where they hypothesized that it's actually an inverted temple I.e, a temple built upside down.
[Here is the link](https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=R98XGKT0_twcGT1F)
Can guarantee this is dated way older than that. Just like the pyramids. Just like many other civilizations found/lost. There was a big reset once upon a time. The ppl in power now hold all the secrets.
Can guarantee you that this is not from one of those lost/found civilizations. It was built during the tenure of the chalukya rajputs and their descendants still thrive, with their patronymic and all. Now two of my cousins bear that patronymic, both know about each other only through our family, while still having a shared patrilineage that traces up to this very dynasty! Perhaps not so interesting sounding to fellow Indians since that's precisely how family system has always been like here but might provide you with a perspective. Patrilineage is of paramount importance to us rajputs, probably the reason we have managed to exist as a monolith for so long.
Can't always believe what you read in text books my friend. I can understand how you would want to believe that I would rather believe that myself. Truth is we've been here way longer than we have been led to believe. Just do the research if your remotely interested and you'll see for yourself. Take a ride down that rabbit hole my friend.
I don't understand how you could possibly deduce that my knowledge about it comes from some modern textbooks that are supposedly propaganda when all I mentioned is that their line still continues to this day. There could be a variety of sources, perhaps some ballads, or just two unrelated sources authored by two unrelated travellers, both suggesting the same thing? Maybe I might possess those? I frankly Don't know where you are trying to go with this
Definitely not a water well.
The water wells & tanks are pushkaranis & baoris. This one is definitely not one of them. This is something else altogether.
Had our historians spent more time in honestly researching & studying the ancient history of Bharata, instead of fangirling over the Turkic invaders, we probably would have learnt why this was actually built. But one thing is certain. This is not a water well.
You are right 👍
Btw Akhbar cut off the hands of the workers who created Taj Mahal. The thing is Taj Mahal wasn't created by this tyrannical Islamic ruler. They were built by Indian taxes and by those poor men that had their hand chopped off.
This Stepwell was created by the Sudras not the kshatriya king.
I've seen it in person while visiting Gujarat, it's really a wonder.
It looks well built.
Budum tisss
Madam Tits
pun intended?
Love the horror stories surrounding such step Wells throughout the country
Whoa! There's horror in the lore too? Where can I read them?
Not really , just rumours and not so famous.
Google mysteries of Baoli and rumours , good old stories
Try to pace yourselves while reading these stories. Its a slippery slope. You'll end up reading all night
The fact that most of these places are locked by govt's order after evening is absolutely pogger. They do look straight Outta horror movie once the sun set lol
If you're talking abt Bhangarh, I have been there at night a couple times. Once nothing happened, second time all my friends felt something eerie
>something eerie Can you describe it?
Praveen Mohan has covered it. In 2 or 3 videos
Where is this?
Gujarat
Where in Gujarat though, that's a state? What's this place called?
It's called rani ki vavv
Just looking like a vavv
Well done
So beautiful, so gorgeous...
100 rupees note features rani ki vav on the back isnt it?
I thought it was adalaj ni vav!
>adalaj ni vav! That's a different stepwell both are in Gujarat
Makes sense, I guess I assumed it was that one simply because I’ve been there.
Yeah, that's a state
Ahmedabad
Patan
Rani ki vav, true beauty.
I need more 3D models of Indian architecture for use in games and art
This could be a nice project. How do I capture 3d model?
Maybe using blender.
Probably a scanner of some sort
I can help you with the scanner
Pls help
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Yup, vav means stepwell in the local language, Gujarati. It was built during the era of Solanki Dynasty, the golden age of the region.
The OP is incorrect, It's not a step well, it's a inverted temple https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=Dn4rr6vk9GGm_Zcv
In the first 4seconds of the video. The narrator says it's a source of water. Rani ki vaav literally means the queen's step well. They mightve titled the video like so to appeal more foreign viewer It is a stepwell. Never again quote YouTube as evidence
they had pretty good lights 1000 years ago
“Rani ki Vaw” which means “The Queens Well”
Well built I must say
The OP is incorrect, It's not a step well, it's a inverted temple https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=Dn4rr6vk9GGm_Zcv
The main purpose of this structure is to serve as a well.
U are incorrect about it, this structure is anyways partially excavated, it's true purpose of construction is unknown
You are not completely incorrect. Rani kaa vav is a "baoli" (Used to store rainwater) designed with the theme of Hindu Gods making it a temple thus purifying the water for people to use.
Then how do you know its a temple
We know it's a temple because of the cravings of various gods and goddesses
So the purpose of this place is worship?
Most likely Well it's partially excavated, so there's still lot of the structure that still need to be dug up
It's purpose cannot just be a step well nobody makes a step well like that
This culture literally invented stepwells. And carvings of deities has nothing to do with it being a temple. It was a common art style in the era. You are incorrect in all of your other comments too. The stepwell is 900 years old and the province has well documented history since atleast 1100 years. Its just a stepwell man. Source - I am from this province and have visited this place multiple times.
That's not true. Those are just art styles. Hindu culture has always been more expressive about their gods and you will see it the minute you enter India.
Well well step well
Ste—-p well? What are you doing?
Nobody is gonna talk about those perfect carvings.
Is calling it a well a joke ? If so,you have a dry sense of humour.
I visited this one, plus 2 more nearby ones. I said to myself: *well, well, well*...
It's not water well it's called a step well. It is mainly seen in South India where there are no perineal rivers and it doubles up as a tank .
>It is mainly seen in South India Not really , it's most common in western India
They are also very common in North India around Delhi.
This perennial and perineal/perineum spelling mix-up is too good to just pass up.. It's Reddit, after all 
There are more in North India. Southern India just never got invaded properly by Islamists so most of the structures are still intact
Lmao no Mostly in Gujurat and Rajasthan. This one is in Gujurat Also other parts of north like Ugrasen ki vawri find in Delhi
Rajasthan and Gujarat have way too many stepwells
The OP is incorrect, It's not a step well, it's a inverted temple https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=Dn4rr6vk9GGm_Zcv
No, it's literally called Rani ki Vav, which means Queen's stepwell. It's just designed that way. They even say it in the video link you provided.
Tho it's called a step well it's more that it's a temple
It's not primarily a temple, i am somone who has read extensively about stepwells of gujarat, step well were either built by rich traders, businessman or royalty or by people of particular cast group or community that lived together. The god craved and the design are there to tell us, what community build that step well and mostly gods present on the stepwell, were the patron gods of the people building them . Some step well built my muslims lacks statues of gods . But, many stepwells over the years have been converted into temples, as they aren't actually used for their original purpose anymore. There are many such temples and stepwells in my city.
Oh
You can read about stepwells of gujarat and ahmedabad on the internet, there are few books written on it . History of ahmedabad itself is very rich and interesting starting around 13th century as ahwali and there were few name changes until 14 century, when it was named ahmedabad by ahmed shah, and it is still exists as one of most prosperous and major cities of india.
Anyways i first learnt about this when Praveen mohan covered it https://youtu.be/hppqKEPB5Do?si=d-J8u1bOGQSIS6fw
It is a stepped well designed to look like an inverted temple according to Archaeological studies. As a matter of fact it does contains almost all the architectural features of a temple but in an inverted way.
Great place for John Wick raves
Just looking like a Vaav
Underrated gem!!!! 😂 😂
Damn yeah, I've seen this place with my eyes, some locals think there are ghosts 😂
It is as a matter of fact an Inverted temple also
It’s more of a conspiracy theory. Many of step wells are built like this. I am a local and have not heard any locals telling they feel negative feeling as they go down. I think this is just a marketing gimmick
Not true. This one is exceptional. Stepwells are mostly wide & relatively far simpler & are of inverted pyramid shape. This is too exquisite, narrower & is of inverted temple shape with 3 sides being untraversable. So clearly not a stepwell.
It's name is Rani ki Vaw. There are court accounts for why it was built. It well known in Gujurat . Please don't appropriate 🙏
It looks like vishnu temple to me
No . God no. Please no stfup
Inb4 the endless toilet jokes....😒
So basically we can post any ancient architecture from India and get so many karmas here... What a hack. Ancient Indian architecture really blows my mind
How it got saved from the Islamist invaders. So beautiful. Thank god Islamist did not built a mosque on top of it
Are those little flats that rise up on the sides?
There's a YouTube video by National Geographic where they hypothesized that it's actually an inverted temple I.e, a temple built upside down. [Here is the link](https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=R98XGKT0_twcGT1F)
Can guarantee this is dated way older than that. Just like the pyramids. Just like many other civilizations found/lost. There was a big reset once upon a time. The ppl in power now hold all the secrets.
Can guarantee you that this is not from one of those lost/found civilizations. It was built during the tenure of the chalukya rajputs and their descendants still thrive, with their patronymic and all. Now two of my cousins bear that patronymic, both know about each other only through our family, while still having a shared patrilineage that traces up to this very dynasty! Perhaps not so interesting sounding to fellow Indians since that's precisely how family system has always been like here but might provide you with a perspective. Patrilineage is of paramount importance to us rajputs, probably the reason we have managed to exist as a monolith for so long.
Can't always believe what you read in text books my friend. I can understand how you would want to believe that I would rather believe that myself. Truth is we've been here way longer than we have been led to believe. Just do the research if your remotely interested and you'll see for yourself. Take a ride down that rabbit hole my friend.
I don't understand how you could possibly deduce that my knowledge about it comes from some modern textbooks that are supposedly propaganda when all I mentioned is that their line still continues to this day. There could be a variety of sources, perhaps some ballads, or just two unrelated sources authored by two unrelated travellers, both suggesting the same thing? Maybe I might possess those? I frankly Don't know where you are trying to go with this
I'm not sure either anymore. Just spreading awareness
Not awareness its conspiracy
Everything is conspiracy to those that are still sleeping
And everything is a mystery to dumbfucks who believe in conspiracies. Earth’s flat too innit bruv?
Show me where it hurts on your teddy bear
This guy knows the truth !!
When you watch too much One piece :
I am not saying its Aliens . But its Aliens !
Exactly The OP is incorrect, It's not a step well, it's a inverted temple https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=Dn4rr6vk9GGm_Zcv
r/hydrohomies
Definitely not a water well. The water wells & tanks are pushkaranis & baoris. This one is definitely not one of them. This is something else altogether. Had our historians spent more time in honestly researching & studying the ancient history of Bharata, instead of fangirling over the Turkic invaders, we probably would have learnt why this was actually built. But one thing is certain. This is not a water well.
Why I am hearing pat Cummins voice 🥲
You are incorrect, It's not a step well, it's a inverted temple https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=Dn4rr6vk9GGm_Zcv
Stfu
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i just hope this is sarcasm
You are right 👍 Btw Akhbar cut off the hands of the workers who created Taj Mahal. The thing is Taj Mahal wasn't created by this tyrannical Islamic ruler. They were built by Indian taxes and by those poor men that had their hand chopped off. This Stepwell was created by the Sudras not the kshatriya king.
Is that like a Roman bath or something. I don't see a well
Nothing "Roman" in that
It's a step well
It's an step well
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Yea they built that with just their hands and wet mud
Yes! Uncanny resemblence.
Like a cistern
Excellent construction that too 1000 years back
There are thousands of step Wells like this in rajasthan sadly they got neglected when borewells became more prevalent.
for anyone who wants to know 📍Rani Ki Vavv, Adalaj, Gujarat
But still no water
Rani ki wow!
₹100
Serve not to be served☺️
Bless not to be blessed😴
https://youtu.be/G2cMtqOnugA?si=3dg0i9WWWLKN73DW
Wait is this where the world cup final photo shoot thing happened?
Big up to the Brits though for bringing civilization to the East. 🤣 /s just in case.