This Vlog is based on my visit to Rani ki Vav (Patan) which is a stepwell in the Gujarat state of India. A lot of people ask Rani ki Vav kahan hai which means where is Rani ki Vav located? So, it is situated in Patan district of Gujarat and is known for its amazing architecture. Although we did not have a 360 degree camera so we could not capture Rani ki Vav 360 view but still managed to tell Rani ki Vav story using our camera. This Rani ki Vav video is actually a Guided Tour about the complete history of Rani ki Vav in Hindi. You can infact call it as Rani ki Vav documentary as we have tried to cover each and every small historical significance of this stepwell. A lot of people ask about Rani ka Vav History in Gujarati(Rani ki Vav no itihas) and hindi (Rani ki Vav ka itihas). So, this Rani ki Vav vlog covers everything you want to know about it including its mystery(Rani ki Vav ka Rahasya). This Video might also be useful for school and college students as Rani ki Vav std 9 english syllabus also covers it. And it is a beautiful place to be at so you can also post Rani ki Vav status on your social media handles after clicking some lovely pictures here.

रानी की वाव पाटन ग्यारहवीं शताब्दी की बावड़ी है। रानी की वाव गुजरात के पाटन जिले में स्थित है। रानी की वाव का वीडियो देख कर आपका इसके इतिहास की संपूर्ण जानकारी मिल जाएगी। रानी की वाव कहां है ? इसका जवाब यह है की रानी की वव गुजरात राज्य के पाटन जिले में स्थ्ति है । रानी की वाव का इतिहास आपको इस वीडियो के माध्यम से जानने के लिए मिलेगा। रानी की वाव किस नोट पर है? रानी की वाव Rs.100 के नोट पर है । रानी की वाव किस राज्य में स्थित है? रानी की वाव गुजरात राज्य में है । रानी की वाव की कहानी : रानी की वाव को रानी उदयमति ने अपने पति की याद में बनवाया था। इसकी पूरी कहानी समझने के लिए इस वीडियो को देखिये। रानी की वाव का फोटो आपको इंटरनेट पर बहुत जगह मिल जायेगा। रानी की वाव किस नदी के किनारे है? रानी की वाव सरस्वती नहीं के किनारे है जो अब लुप्त हो चुकी है। रानी की वाव का निर्माण किसने करवाया था? रानी की वाव का निर्माण रानी उदयमति ने करवाया था।

Rani Ki Vav (lit. 'The Queen's Stepwell') is a well known stepwell located in the Patan town in Gujarat state of India. It is situated on the banks of Saraswati river. Its construction is attributed to queen Udayamati, who was the daughter of Khengara of Saurashtra, and she was the spouse of the 11th-century Chaulukya king Bhima I. This stepwell was rediscovered in 1940s and was actually restored in 1980s by the ASI(Archaeological Survey of India). It is known to be one of the UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 2014.

Rani ki Vav is also known to be one of finest and the largest examples of its kind and is designed as an inverted temple that highlights the sanctity of water, the stepwell made in seven levels of stairs with around 1500 sculptures in it; out of which 500 principal sculptures of Bhagwan Vishnu are there and more than 1000 minor ones combine religious and Legendary imagery.

Rani ki Vav History in English:

Rani ki vav was built during Chaulukya dynasty's rule. Prabandha-Chintamani, which was composed by the Jain monk Merutunga in the year 1304, mentions: "Udayamati, the daughter of Naravaraha Khengara, built this novel stepwell at Shripattana (Patan) surpassing the glory of the Sahastralinga Tank". According to this composition, the stepwell was commissioned in the year 1063 and was fully finished after 20 years. It is usually assumed that this stepwell was built in the memory of Bhima I (r. c. 1022 – 1064) by his queen Udayamati and was also completed by Udayamati and Karna after Bhima's death. Commissariat puts the date of construction of this stepwell to 1032 based on the architectural similarity to Vimalavasahi temple which was built in Mount Abu in the same year.

The stepwell flooded at a later stage by the Saraswati river and silted over. In 1890s, Henry Cousens and James Burgess visited the stepwell when it was completely buried under the earth and a few well shaft and pillars were slightly visible. They said that it as being a huge pit around 87 metres (285 ft). In Travels in Western India, James Tod told that the material from the stepwell was actually reused in one of the other stepwell which was built in modern Patan, probably Trikam Barot ni Vav (Bahadur Singh stepwell). In the 1940s, excavations which were carried out under the Baroda State revealed the Rani ki Vav. In the year 1986, a major excavation and restoration was done at this site by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI). An image of queen Udayamati was also recovered during the excavation process. The restoration at Rani ki Vav was carried out from the year 1981 to 1987.

Rani ki vav was declared a Monument of National Importance and protected by the ASI and it added to the list of UNESCO's World Heritage Sites on 22 June 2014. It was also named as India's "Cleanest Iconic Place" at the 2016 Indian Sanitation Conference.

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