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 (Marathi: बारव) or vaav (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, Madhya Pradesh, and Maharashtra. 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