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Ahmedabad Trip Day3 (Adalaj ni vaav (stepwell), Tri Mandir Adalaj, Indroda Nature park, Sabarmati River front)

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Ahmedabad Trip Day3 (Adalaj ni vaav (stepwell), Tri Mandir Adalaj,  Indroda Nature Park, Sabarmati Riverfront) Adalaj ni vaav (stepwell)  Average time spent: 45min It is a marvelous work of early civilization. The outsides of the place are not appealing and you won't even believe that something as good as the stepwell is present in that locality. But once you enter you will be breath taken. The beautiful carvings on the sandstone walls are simply marvelous. We were amazed and dazzled by its creator's vision. A 5 story well has a combination of Hindu and Islamic architecture. 5 floors deep and it gets cooler as you go downward. The usual tale of the Muslim king wanting to marry the defeated Hindu king's vivacious wife and ended with the lady jumping into the well Great carving on the walls of well. But the government is not giving adequate attention to preserving such great monuments. Spotlights must be installed in the well in dark areas so that its beaut...