Adalaj Stepwell
Five storeys down, built in 1499, with Hindu and Islamic carving on the same walls because both masons worked it.
- Where
- Adalaj, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.1670, 72.5800
Get the Adalaj Stepwell stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Adalaj Stepwell. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Adalaj Stepwell
Akshardham, Gandhinagar 12 km
The Swaminarayan temple of 1992, carved in Rajasthani sandstone without steel.
Sabarmati Ashram 12 km
Gandhi lived here for twelve years and left in 1930 for the salt march, saying he would not return until India was free.
Dada Harir Vav 14 km
Built in 1499 by a woman of Mahmud Begada's household, with Sanskrit and Arabic cut into the same walls.
Bai Harir Vav Steps 15 km
The octagonal well shaft behind Dada Harir, where the water level is still read off the carved courses.
Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir 15 km
The first temple the Swaminarayan sampraday built, 1822, in Burmese teak and paint.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque 16 km
Ten stone screens, one of them a tree of intertwined branches that became the emblem of the city.
Sidi Bashir Mosque 16 km
What is left of a mosque is two minarets that shake: push one and the other answers.
Jama Masjid 16 km
Two hundred and sixty pillars holding fifteen domes, built in 1424 with stone taken from demolished temples.
More national monuments in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Adalaj Stepwell?
Adalaj Stepwell is in Adalaj, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Akshardham, Gandhinagar (12 km), Sabarmati Ashram (12 km), Dada Harir Vav (14 km).
How do I get the Adalaj Stepwell stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Adalaj Stepwell and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Adalaj Stepwell before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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