The amazing Step well (Chand Baori) of Abhaneri. Rajasthan. The village of Abhaneri is a small Rajasthani village approximately 50 miles from Jaipur and is home to the largest step well in the world. What is a step well? A step well as the name suggests is a very deep well that collects water and the sides are constructed by a series of steps which serves several purposes. One to access the well to take many people down to the water level, and two it acts as a measurement device letting you know how much water the well contains. It is thirteen stories high and has over 3500 steps leading down ...
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