The endless steps on the walls seen in these pictures are
big water reservoirs that go by many names like Baoli, Baori, Baudi, and so on,
but are most known as India’s
stepwells. It looks like the steps are made for other purposes than practical
reasons, but that is not the case. The steps give rather efficient use of the
water as they access the stored water, but they also work as a great and easy
maintenance of the well.
Now people in India are coming to the steps on
hot summer days to cool down in the shadows. It is said that the stepwells are
more than 800 years old, and there have been several arguments about that, but
most people believe that they can’t be that old after all. Another interesting
fact about the wells is that they may have been used to holy baths and rituals
because they are built right next to old temples. Today they are no longer in
use, because they have been replaced by new systems.
Source : http://planetoddity.com
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