RANI KI VAAV
RANI KI VAAV IS AN APPROVED SITE ON THE WORLD HERITAGE . IT WAS DECLARED BY THE WORLD HERITAGE COMMITTEE UNESCO .RANI VAAV HAS A GREAT APPEAL TO EVERY OBSERVER. QUEEN UDAYMATI, THE WIDOW OF THE KING BHIMDEV -1 CONSTRUCTED THIS VAAV BETWEEN 1022 AND 1063 AD. RANI KI VAAV HAS BECOME ONE THE MOST POPULAR PLACES TO VISIT IN GUJARAT.THE PROJECT FOR SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF THE WATER SCARCITY FACED BY THE PEOPLE BY THE PATAN. UNFORTUNATELY THE QUEEN ALSO DIED BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THIS STRUCTURE . RANI KI VAAV IS SEVEN STOREYED STRUCTURE.THIS EAST FACING STEPWELL IS 64 METERS LONG, 20 METERS WIDE AND 27 METERS DEEP.ON ITS SIDE WALL THERE ARE AROUND 800 SCULPTURES. IN FACT , THE VAAV IS SOLELY DEDICATED TO VISHNU. ONE CAN FIND VISHNU IN DIFFERENT SHAPES AND POSTURES. NEARLY 15 GALLERIES HAVE THE PARVATI.IN THIS PICTURES YOU SEE MANY INDIAN GODS AND GODDESSES. THERE ARE MANY BEAUTIFUL STRUCTURE. IT LAY BURIED UNDER THE MUD DUE TO FLOODS FIRST, AND THEN VANISHING OF THE RIVE