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#ToorjiKaJhalra (Toorji’s Step Well) was built in Jodhpur the 1740s by a Queen, Maharaja Abhay Singh’s Consort, continuing an age old tradition that Royal women would build public water works.
Credit: Kevin Standage
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As with all step wells, steps follow the fluctuating water table down to provide easy all-year round access.
#ToorjiKaJhalra was submerged and full of debris for decades. Only recently has it been drained, cleaned up & restored.
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#ToorjiKaJhalra was submerged and full of debris for decades. Only recently has it been drained, cleaned up & restored.
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Excavations went down over 200 feetto expose hand carved treasures in Jodhpur’s famous rose-red sandstone; including intricate carvings of dancing elephants, medieval lions, cow water-spouts, as well as niches housing deities long gone.
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