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{{Infobox Historic building<br />
|name = Modhera Vav<br />
|image = Modhera Vav (36116).jpg<br />
|caption = Stepwell from the entrance side<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|region:IN-GJ|display=inline, title}}<br />
|location_town = [[Modhera]], Chanasma Taluka, [[Mehsana district]], [[Gujarat]]<br />
|location_country = India<br />
|architect = Local<br />
|client =<br />
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|construction_start_date =<br />
|completion_date = 11th century stepwell, 10th century ''mandapa''<br />
|demolished_date =<br />
|cost = $6 million almost <br />
|structural_system = <br />
|architectural_style = [[Indian architecture]]<br />
| floor_count = <br />
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|mapframe-zoom =14<br />
|mapframe-marker=water<br />
}}<br />
'''Modhera Vav''' is a [[stepwell]] in [[Modhera]] village in [[Mehsana district]], [[Gujarat]], India. The stepwell belongs to the 11th century while the ''[[mandapa]]'' origins from the 10th century. It is the state protected monument.<br />
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== History ==<br />
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The stepwell is located about a kilometre to the east of [[Temple tank|''Surya kunda'']] of [[Sun Temple, Modhera]].<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981A" /> Formerly, it was considered that it belonged to the mid-10th century but now it is observed that the stepwell may belong to the 11th century with the ''[[mandapa]]'' above the second ''kuta'' (pavilion-tower) may belong to the 10th century which may have been a separate shrine moved from elsewhere to this stepwell.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981A" /><br />
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It is the state protected monument (S-GJ-281).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sycd.gujarat.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/List-of-monument.pdf|script-title=gu:પુરાતત્વ ખાતાના રાજ્ય રક્ષિત સ્મારકોની યાદી|publisher=Sports, Youth and Cultural Activities Department, Government of Gujarat|access-date=2024-10-27|archive-date=2017-04-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427193421/http://www.sycd.gujarat.gov.in/writereaddata/Portal/Images/pdf/List-of-monument.pdf|url-status=dead|title=List of State Protected Monuments of Archaeology Department}}</ref><br />
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== Architecture ==<br />
The stepwell is small, moderately ornamented and is constructed using sandstone blocks and stone slabs. It has one entrance, three storeys and three ''kuta''s (pavilion-towers). The narrow stepped corridor is {{convert|2.50|m}} broad. It features small, square pavilions supported by unornamented pilasters. These square ''ruchaka'' type pilasters have a simple design, except for a decorative volute-pattern on the brackets. The well-shaft includes three pairs of [[strut]]s decorated with motifs of diamond (''ratna'') on the top and a ''[[kirtimukha]]'' below it. These struts would have supported structures for drawing water from the well.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981A" /><br />
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The small ''mandapa'' above the ground level and located on the second ''kuta'' of stepwell displays characteristics of its early origin. It has a small simple single-celled ''[[garbhagriha]]'' (sanctum sanctorum) with the doorframe depicting lotus leaves pattern.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981A">{{cite book|author=Jutta Jain-Neubauer|title=The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61fSwBF4bbYC&pg=PA89|date=1 January 1981|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-0-391-02284-3|page=57}}</ref><br />
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== Gallery ==<br />
<gallery mode="packed"><br />
File:Modhera_Vav_(27540).jpg|Three ''kuta''s (pavilion-towers) with ''mandapa'' on second ''kuta''<br />
File:Modhera Vav (46537).jpg|''Mandapa'' with the doorframe depicting lotus leaves pattern<br />
File:Modhera Vav (93035).jpg|Square pavilions supported by unornamented pilasters<br />
File:Modhera Vav (89286).jpg|Well-shaft with three pairs of struts decorated with motifs of diamond (ratna) and kirtimukha<br />
</gallery><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[Adalaj Stepwell|Adalaj Vav]]<br />
* [[Boter Kothani Vav]]<br />
* [[Rani ki Vav]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Mehasana}}<br />
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[[Category:Stepwells in Gujarat]]<br />
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Mehsana district]]<br />
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in the 11th century]]<br />
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