I happened to visit Chand Baori in Dausa for the second time in the last week of February 2021. Earlier, I had visited it 25 years ago while working with a primary education project.
Chand Baori, stepwell at Abhaneri village in Dausa district the deepest (19.5m) well-designed (double-flight of steps on three sides) well in the state of Rajasthan of the 9th century era. It has become a tourist attraction now after renovation and maintenance.
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Named after: Rajput ruler Raja Chanda (eighth century A.D.)
Steps: On three sides - separate for coming down and going up
Fourth sides: Multi-storeyed corridor having shrines with images of Goddess Mahishamardini and Lord Ganesha
Wall enclosure of well: Verandah on all four sides with a museum of excavated stones and images of the temple
Maintained by: Archaeological Survey of India
Earlier Baori was used as a community place for the local villagers and has a
resting room for the royals to which entry is not permitted now.
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