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Saraswati river

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Mention is made of the monument being located on the banks of the Saraswati river. This river is mythical with references to it in ancient epics but however disappeared later and it's course is not known despite efforts at discovering it. The article needs to correct this glaring error. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2402:8100:303f:fa7b:a868:abd:db7a:8f9a (talkcontribs)

Saraswati River, Gujarat is different from the Saraswati river mentioned in the Vedic literature. utcursch | talk 14:20, 20 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

History

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Rani ki var 103.141.93.236 (talk) 15:30, 14 September 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Rani ki vav

Rani ki Vav is a stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. It is located on the banks of the Saraswati River. Its construction is attributed to Udayamati, the spouse of the 11th-century Chaulukya king Bhima I. Silted over, it was rediscovered in the 1940s and restored in the 1980s by the Archaeological Survey of India. It has been listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India since 2014. One of the largest examples of its kind, this stepwell is designed as an inverted temple highlighting the sanctity of water. It is divided into seven levels of stairs with sculptural panels. These panels have more than five hundred principal sculptures and more than one thousand minor ones that combine religious and symbolic imagery.

Photograph credit: Snehrashmi

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