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| Adalaj Vav |
Adalaj is a village located in Gandhinagar District of gujarat . The 'Vav' (step-well) at Adalaj comes its name from the woman client, Ruda, spouse of the Vaghela primary, Virsinh; who designed it in the Fifteenth or Sixteenth millennium AD. The 'Vav', set out in the north-south route, the phase well with the well in the northern and the entry in the southern, has a complete level of 75.3 meters. It is the only significant monument of its type, having three entry stairways resulting to stepped hall. These three entryways set up in the first storey, subterranean, in a large rectangle foundation. The foundation has an octagonal in shape on the top.
The Structure
The foundation sets on 16 pillars, eight on the sides, and two at the front part of each primary part. Four built-in shrines, with gates, windows and balconies, indicate the four sides of the foundation. The walked arena starts from this rectangle foundation. The arena is entirely enclosed by a one-meter high ramparts walls with a curved significant. It descends with four pavilion systems for five storeys. The surfaces of the 'Vav' are veritable features of statues and artwork. The statues variety from a master seated on a feces under a parasol, to erotic scenes; and from women rolling buttermilk to moving ladies. The supports of the gates around the entryways of the rotating stairways to the octagonal in shape base are enclosed by a 'parikrama', which is an increased edition of the supports around the marketers. Stringcourses operating along the sidewalls enhance all areas of the framework, sometimes splitting the walls into horizontally areas. They also come into perspective on the surfaces of the octagonal in shape base, illustrating flower or foliage styles, or lines of creatures.
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