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When the shrine's stepwell was emptied, this sight appeared.
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Aga Khan Trust for Culture and the Archaeological Survey of India Few people have seen the concentric rings of the stepwell in the Nizamuddin dargah.
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Meanwhile, one stepwell, the Chand Baori, made a brief appearance here in a post which has been postscripted through the years.
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Meanwhile, one stepwell, the Chand Baori, made a brief appearance here in a post which has been postscripted through the years.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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In the meantime, check out this stepwell that I wrote about a couple of years ago: Chand Baori.
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One other reason why I singled out this image is that there's an upcoming post next week or maybe next year -- I'm working not on blogosphere time but on my own time on a stepwell in India which may or may not be the one you were reminded of.
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A Google Image search for step-well, stepwell, and stepwells returns quite a few more awesome examples.
Chand Baori 2006
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Though I suspect it's not the temple proper but its stepwell, the self-similar subterranean hydrological architecture of the Subcontinent.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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Though I suspect it's not the temple proper but its stepwell, the self-similar subterranean hydrological architecture of the Subcontinent.
Chand Baori 2006
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Apparently this is not the temple, but the stepwell called Chand Baori next to it.
Chand Baori 2006
alexz commented on the word stepwell
A water well that has steps leading down to the water surface
January 19, 2017