It was during my hitch hiking trip to Ahmedabad, I went to see this marvellous craftsmanship. A stepwell in Adalaj, Ahmedabad.

A stepwell is are well or ponds in which the water may be reached by descending a set of steps. They may be covered and protected and are often of architectural significance.
There are a lot of stepwells in Gujarat, but the one in Adalaj is the famous one.
If you want to know more about the history of Adalaj stepwell, you can read it on Wikipedia.
I am going to show you what my eyes got attracted to. The carvings, the poems written on rocks by master craftsmen!

This is one of my favourite part of the Stepwell. This picture is the header for my Twitter and Facebook! Even the featured picture of first post here. Now you know this picture is special to me.

So let the poetry begins.
Hope you enjoyed these poems. Hats off to the craftsmen. Salude to their determination, dedication, talent and skill.
All pictures are taken by Trablogger. Please contact for approval, if you would like to use them for any purpose
These are just beautiful! I wish we took more time to apreciate craftsmanship rather than settling for pre-fab buildings and Ikea furniture!
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Thank you 🙂
What you said is so true. But even today’s craftsmen are good too. The only difference and mainly the greatness lies is the difference in technology. That’s what I feel
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Wow beautiful pictures
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Thank you very much. Will it find a place in your scrapbook? 🙂
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I would love to see in person.
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That’s even better! Then you must visit 🙂
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The detail in those carvings are so exquisite! Just incredible!
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Glad that you find them incredible. Yes they are exquisite indeed. I always wonder about the people behind such stunning works.
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Beautiful poems. you are getting better day by day!
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Thank you very much 🙂 That was very kind and encouraging 🙂
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finally you got the collage !! lovely pictures…
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haha.. yes.. That day itself I have informed you about that. 🙂
Well Thank you for the help and comment 🙂
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Just stunning! What a beautiful architectural building, and your photographs showcase it wonderfully.
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Glad you liked it. Thank you very much Jenny 🙂
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Great pictures brother. Don’t need words to describe these, they speak for themselves. Well taken. Just fantabulous!
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Thanks brother. Really appreciate the wonderful words of appreciation 🙂
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The designs are so intricate and beautifully carved ! Superb photographs 🙂
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yea..hats off to the people who made it. Photographer’s work isn’t important in such places.
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This is a really beautiful place 🙂 Nice pictures!
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Thank you so much 🙂
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Amazing pictures and I love the title
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Thank you 🙂 I guess. some places inspires you to come up with lovely titles 😀
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btw did you just used the links on the left side bar?
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yes…I navigated using the category links
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alright. Thank you 🙂
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why? Any problem?
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Nope, I was just trying out things
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ok 🙂
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You’re a wonderful photographer… 🙂
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Thank you 🙂
Your Scattered thoughts and haikus are amazing and you’re an amazing artist!
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😀 thanks for your generous words…
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you’re welcome 🙂
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You hitch-hiked in Ahmedabad! That is my city… my home… my love. So putting aside the drama, I will search for more posts regarding Ahmedabad. A fresh perspective is needed.
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haha.. no use of searching. I haven’t posted much about that one. Yea a bit of hitch hiking, general train etc
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Your awesome photos well captured how magnificent the buildings were! They looked very sophisticated and precious ❤
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thank you. Did you find the poetry on rocks? 😀
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You’re most welcome 🙂 I don’t know if they were, but they looked more like patterns to me (my bad) 😛
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haha.. well its not poetry literally. Those patterns are like poems written on the rock 🙂
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Silly me? Thought there were poems hiding somewhere lol 😛
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haha 😀 Sorry for misleading you 🙂
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hahahhahaha it’s ok! We had fun anyway 😀
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yea,, I like that spirit 🙂
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hahahahaha glad you liked that silly spirits of mine 😛
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haha.. if that is what you call it, then yea 😉
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hehe 😀
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😀
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What a craftmanship! And what a photographyship ( just coined this funny term) ! This was the 1st time I saw any step well.
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what a “commentatorship” :p You have that ship life so much in you ! 😀
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Ha ha ha…. I owe my good and happy life to ships.BTW Your’s was really an informative and nice post. I love your simple and lucid language.
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thank you. I only knows simple words 😀
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The Poetry on rock need (and must) go to NG (the National Geo) Magazine!!! I also like the the corridor shot. Thank you for the “Throwback Thursday”!
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haha…they must have already covered it 🙂
Thank you Amy 🙂
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Well, not this one though. 🙂
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May be 🙂
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Poetry on rock is stunning. Chapeau to those men! Your photos are amazing. Deserved headers on your social media accounts.
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Chapeu is French?!
Thank you so much.
And great observation and memory 😀
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Oui Monsieur! 😉
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😀
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Impressive! You captured their work very well – that’s a very unique stepwell! Amazingly beautiful!
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Thank you Indah 🙂
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Awesome pic..it prompts me to share some of my clicks I took in 2009 with a 2MP CCD phone camera 😛
http://plus.google.com/108198532094877721538/posts/KCwtBaHEfrB
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Thank you.. Please do share the phone camera clicks. 🙂
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Arrrrgh…its there! On that link 😀
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aah… the notification really didn’t show it. But now I see it. Its again architecture phonography 😀
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See the colors in pic..& the shades..that’s what I call lively
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ahaa.. now I understand!
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ooh! these photographs are beautiful! i have a thing for architecture (:
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Glad you liked the picture. So you are into architecture?
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The amazing things turn out to be more amazing through the amazing eyes of my amazing Captain 🙂 Waah 😀
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Thank you for this amazingly amazing comment 🙂
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Hehehee 😀 Being amazed by the amazing wonders you bring to life, all left is “amazing”
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amazing it is 😉
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Yes…..amazing.. “You”
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I know you will say those things now 😉
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Captain…stop reading my mind..ohh where shall i hide 😛
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now you stop being so cheeky 😛
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Hehehehee 😀
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😛
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Gosh! Why am I seeing these beautiful carvings just here? These should be spread to the world. Why did not I ever see this in any nat geo mag? You have a great eye! Thank you so much for sharing this one.
You should contact nat geo for the pictures. 😉 They are gonna love them. 😀
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haha.. you are too kind and sweet to say that 😀
I’m sure it will be somewhere in their database. And thank you so much for the generous appreciation 🙂
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Well, these are the first ones I saw so, the credit goes to you. 😉
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haha. alright, thank you then 😉
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where is the poem only pictures and why is that I can’t make this out as a well…only first picture looks like water and steps on it…interesting…
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Poem.. that was a poetic title 😛
You will love the place once you visit 🙂
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is there a story you can narrate on it… story behide the palace?
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umm story..i did a hitchhiking and general class train journey to reach this place. Well story about the place.. stepped wells were constructed to protect the precious water during that time. You can read more about stepped wells. I don’t remember much.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalaj_Stepwell
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Beautiful.
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Thank you Meredith 🙂
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Reblogged this on Covey View and commented:
I’d never heard of of a Stepwell.
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Thank you so much Meredith. Even I never heard of a stepwell before I made this journey. These travels do teach us certain new things for sure 🙂
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I too have visited this Adalaj vav…it is beautiful indeed. In fact my write up on this step well is in progress at my blog. You should also visit Rani ki Vav at Ahmedabad… http://astonishingindia.net/2014/12/31/rani-ki-vavqueens-stepwell-patan-gujrat/
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Yea, i already got a recommendation to visit Rani ki vav. Will definitely check out. Thank you for sharing the link 🙂
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what a fascinating place… the light in the first shot is so dramatic, magical…
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Thanks a lot Alexandra. Glad you liked the lighting and the image 🙂
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Great place. I had great memories of this place and went back again to Adalaj this year. Interestingly, I caught a pigeon sitting in almost exactly the same place as in your top photo: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2015/03/20/the-step-well-of-adalaj/
Is there something going on in the pigeon world which we don’t know about? Would you be interested in inviting pictures of pigeons sitting at the same spot?
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Thank you for sharing the link.
Haha.. I dont know much about the pigeon world. I can think of inviting entries for such a picture.
Well did you see, a few of our pictures are similar looking. I guess that is how we all look at certain things!
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These are beautiful poems carved onto rocks, and captured beautifully in your photos. Hope to see these poems someday. Thanks for the visit 🙂
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Thanks a lot for saying that. Thanks to your visit too 🙂
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i have been there and oh that beauty. love the way you’ve captured it through your lens 😀
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Thank you Ayushi. Glad you liked it. If you have a blog post from there, please share it so that I can have a look at Adalaj through your perspective 🙂
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Beautifully captured!
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Thank you so much. Glad you liked it. Have you been there already?
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Amazing pictures.:)
Cheers,
Sriram & Krithiga
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Thank you so much 🙂 Have you visited this place?
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Glorious detail, I am a fan of stepwells or ‘baoris’ too 🙂
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Thank you so much. Glad you think the details are good.
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Really wonderful to see, Jithin. Such a lot of painstaking work must have gone into creating these. Thanks for sharing your photos. 🙂
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Indeed. A lot of work. Whenever I come across such places, again and again, I think the same. Thank you for reading and appreciating. 🙂
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