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{{Short description|Stepwell in Ahmedabad, India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2019}}
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'''Jethabhai's Stepwell''' or '''Jethabhai ni Vav''', is a [[stepwell]] in [[Isanpur]] area of [[Ahmedabad, Gujarat]], India. It was situated near sha e Alam and one of the heritage stepwells in Ahmedabad.

==History and architecture==
[[File:19th century Jethabhai step well plan Gujarat, 1884 sketch.jpg|thumb|Jethabhai step well plan, 1884 sketch|left]]
[[James Burgess (archaeologist)|James Burgess]] wrote in 1905 in the ''Archaeological Survey of Western India'', volume VIII, "two and a half miles south of Ahmadabad, near [[Isanpur]]... [is] perhaps one of the most modern examples of the regular wav [step well]. It was constructed little more than forty years ago by the late Jethabhai Jivanlal Nagjibhai (or Mulji) of Ahmadabad. To obtain the materials, he purchased from the holder of [[Shah e Alam|Shah Alam]] the rauza belonging to a masjid known as that of [[Malik Alam's Mosque|Malik Alam]]...and from the late Qazi Hasan-ud-din of Ahmadabad he bought the Nenpurvada masjid at Rajapur-Hirpur together with its accompanying rauza. These were pulled down by the Hindu purchaser and the materials used in the construction of this well and in putting up a portico to his temple in the Shaherkotda suburb. In the ornamentation of the well one of the mihrabs of the mosque has evidently been utilized. This wav... is {{convert|210|ft}} in length and from {{convert|21|to|22|ft}} wide, with a dome raised on twelve pillars on the entrance at the west end. It has the usual descents from platform or gallery to gallery."

The stepwell was built by Jethabhai around 1860s. It has four pavilions and the entrance pavilion is canopied.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981">{{cite book |author=Jutta Jain-Neubauer|title=The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61fSwBF4bbYC&pg=PA56 |date=1 January 1981|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-0-391-02284-3|pages=56–57}}</ref><ref name="Times of India Publications 2014">{{cite news|title=JETHABHAI NI VAV LIGHTS UP ON DEV DIWALI|publisher=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=22 November 2010 |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=6&max=true&articleid=Ar00602§id=3edid=&edlabel=AMIR&mydateHid=22-11-2010&pubname=Mirror+-+Ahmedabad+-+City&title=JETHABHAI+NI+VAV+LIGHTS+UP+ON+DEV+DIWALI&edname=&publabel=MM|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Toi2008">{{cite news|title=BRT corridor runs into heritage hurdle|work=The Times of India |date=24 October 2008 |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/BRT-corridor-runs-into-heritage-hurdle/articleshow/3638350.cms |access-date=14 December 2014 |first=Kumar|last=Manish}}</ref>

The stepwell was restored by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] in 2017–2018.
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==See also==
* [[Dada Harir Stepwell]]
* [[Mata Bhavani's Stepwell]]
* [[Amritavarshini Vav]]
* [[Adalaj Stepwell]]
* [[Ahmedabad]]

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

[[Category:Stepwells in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 18th century]]
[[Category:Religious buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ahmedabad]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Ahmedabad]]

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