>Feroze Ahmad 2 at 08:34, 24 December 2020

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{{Infobox Historic building
|name = Amritavarshini Vav
|image =Amritvarshini Vav, Ahmedabad.jpg
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|location_town = [[Ahmedabad]]
|location_country = India
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|construction_start_date =
|completion_date = 1723
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|style = [[Hindu]] and [[Islamic architecture]]
| floor_count = Three storied stepwell
|designations = S-GJ-1 (state protected monument since 1969)
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'''Amritavarshini Vav''', also known as '''Panchkuva Stepwell''' or '''Katkhuni Vav''', is a [[stepwell]] near the [[Gates of Ahmedabad|Panchkuva Darwaja]] in [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India.

==History==
Panchkuva, literally ''five wells'', area derived its name the five wells in the area. Amritavarshini vav was completed in 1723 as per Devanagari and Persian inscription ( [[Vikram Samvat]] 1779/A.H. 1135 ) in the stepwell. It was built by Raghunathdas, diwan to Haidar Quli Khan, who was the governor of Gujarat during his stay in the city in 1721–1722 for charitable purpose.<ref name="Lekha Menon 2004">{{cite news | last=Menon| first=Lekha | title=A 'step' in time | work=The Times of India| date=18 November 2004 | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/ahmedabad-times/A-step-in-time/articleshow/927470.cms | accessdate=12 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Commissariat1957">{{cite book|author=Mānekshāh Sorābshāh Commissariat|title=A History of Gujarat: Mughal period, from 1573 to 1758|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BFZuAAAAMAAJ|year=1957|publisher=Longmans, Green & Company, Limited|page=404}}</ref><ref name="Times of India Publications 2009">{{cite web | title=Times of India Publications | website=Times of India Publications | date=24 November 2009 | url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=3&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=24-11-2009&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00301&format=&publabel=TOI | accessdate=12 January 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150112235147/http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/mobile.aspx?article=yes&pageid=3&edlabel=TOIA&mydateHid=24-11-2009&pubname=&edname=&articleid=Ar00301&format=&publabel=TOI | archive-date=12 January 2015 | url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Architecture==
Sparsely ornamented, Amriavarshini Vav is notable for its L-shaped plan and has simple design. It has three storeys and is more than 50 feet deep. The bracing arches have different shapes at the two storeys and in the ''kuta'' (pavilion tower) before the well shaft. It was declared a protected monument in 1969 and was conserved in 1999. It was recharged later by digging in 2004.<ref name="Lekha Menon 2004"/>

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Amritavarshini Vav (Stepwell) 14.jpg|Right angled construction of stepwell
File:Amritavarshini Vav (Stepwell) 7.jpg|Inscriptions in the stepwell

File:Amritavarshini Vav (Stepwell) 2.jpg|Shaft of the well

File:Amritavarshini Vav (Stepwell) 4.jpg|Steps from inside

</gallery>

==See also==
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* [[Adalaj Stepwell]]
* [[Dada Harir Stepwell]]
* [[Mata Bhavani's Stepwell]]
* [[Jethabhai's Stepwell]]
* [[Ahmedabad]]

==References==
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{{Ahmedabad topics|status=collapsed}}

[[Category:Stepwells in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ahmedabad]]

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>Feroze Ahmad 2 at 08:34, 24 December 2020