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GREAT knowledge channel About:- Bawadi (Baori or Baoli or step well) at Neemrana in Rajasthan. Neemrana is more famous for its 15th century fort-palace which is now a heritage hotel. This hotel has also been base of India’s first zip line tour- flying fox. Well, back to the step well. You can imagine by the video, that how grand it would have been. This bawadi is located inside the Neemrana village (although Neemrana is now more of an industrial township as well as education hub). Its not very far from the fort palace. The first sight itself proves how glorious it would have been. On the hindsight, I can say that this would have been more magnificent then most of other step wells in the region . It can be called as architectural marvel. It looks more like a fortress than a step well. Traditionally bawadis in the region have also acted as sarai (resting places) for travellers and traders as they were on-route, with water and cooler. There is no concrete evidence of the year, when this bawadi was built. As the tourism department board here mentions nothing of this sort. By many accounts it seems that it was built perhaps in 1700 or later by Thakur Janak Singh. A account also says that it was built for the purpose of famine relief by local rulers. As history says, this area was ruled by Chauhans for most of the period who were in direct lineage of Prithviraj Chauhan. Some people call it as Rani ki Bawadi. But there are no details about this Rani (queen) on whom this step well would have been purportedly named.  This step well had nine floors. With last two floors were under water. At ground level, there used to be 86 colonnaded openings from where the visitors have to descend 170 steps to the deepest water source. More than 20 stairs from the eighth floor downwards were in water. Height of each floor was around 20 feet. Now consider that it had nine floor than you can imagine that how deep a structure was built at that time which was completely underground. Stupendous! Isn’t it!! But centuries of neglect almost ruined the place. It was left abandoned, deserted which led to loss of its original beauty. Bottom floors were filled with mud and silt. With no knowledge about the original plan, we don’t know how much of its historical past have we lost. There are absolutely no carvings in the whole structure. It may be because it was built later than the more fruitful architectural timings of earlier centuries. THANKS FOR WATCHING PLEASE LIKE SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE GREAT knowledge channel Great knowledge Destination link:- https://goo.gl/maps/qmcVmvW2aVS2 Channel link:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcXV30Zd6Eo2D30__jWMQA Playlist:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcXV30Zd6Eo2D30__jWMQA Facebook:- https://www.facebook.com/GREAT-knowledge-channel-186502808847324/