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{{Short description|Stepwell in Ahmedabad, India}}
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'''Jethabhai's Stepwell''' or '''Jethabhai ni Vav''', is a [[stepwell]] in [[Isanpur]] area of [[Ahmedabad]], [[Gujarat]], India. It was situated near sha e Alam and one of the heritage stepwells in Ahmedabad.
'''Jethabhai's Stepwell''' or '''Jethabhai ni Vav''', is a [[stepwell]] in [[Isanpur]] area of [[Ahmedabad, Gujarat]], India. It was situated near sha e Alam and one of the heritage stepwells in Ahmedabad.


==History and architecture==
==History and architecture==
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The stepwell was built by Jethabhai around 1860s. It has four pavilions and the entrance pavilion is canopied.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981">{{cite book |author=Jutta Jain-Neubauer|title=The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61fSwBF4bbYC&pg=PA56 |date=1 January 1981|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-0-391-02284-3|pages=56–57}}</ref><ref name="Times of India Publications 2014">{{cite news|title=JETHABHAI NI VAV LIGHTS UP ON DEV DIWALI|publisher=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=22 November 2010 |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=6&max=true&articleid=Ar00602§id=3edid=&edlabel=AMIR&mydateHid=22-11-2010&pubname=Mirror+-+Ahmedabad+-+City&title=JETHABHAI+NI+VAV+LIGHTS+UP+ON+DEV+DIWALI&edname=&publabel=MM|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Toi2008">{{cite news|title=BRT corridor runs into heritage hurdle|work=The Times of India |date=24 October 2008 |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/BRT-corridor-runs-into-heritage-hurdle/articleshow/3638350.cms |access-date=14 December 2014 |first=Kumar|last=Manish}}</ref>
The stepwell was built by Jethabhai around 1860s. It has four pavilions and the entrance pavilion is canopied.<ref name="Jain-Neubauer1981">{{cite book |author=Jutta Jain-Neubauer|title=The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=61fSwBF4bbYC&pg=PA56 |date=1 January 1981|publisher=Abhinav Publications|isbn=978-0-391-02284-3|pages=56–57}}</ref><ref name="Times of India Publications 2014">{{cite news|title=JETHABHAI NI VAV LIGHTS UP ON DEV DIWALI|publisher=Ahmedabad Mirror|date=22 November 2010 |url=http://lite.epaper.timesofindia.com/getpage.aspx?articles=yes&pageid=6&max=true&articleid=Ar00602§id=3edid=&edlabel=AMIR&mydateHid=22-11-2010&pubname=Mirror+-+Ahmedabad+-+City&title=JETHABHAI+NI+VAV+LIGHTS+UP+ON+DEV+DIWALI&edname=&publabel=MM|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="Toi2008">{{cite news|title=BRT corridor runs into heritage hurdle|work=The Times of India |date=24 October 2008 |url=http://m.timesofindia.com/city/ahmedabad/BRT-corridor-runs-into-heritage-hurdle/articleshow/3638350.cms |access-date=14 December 2014 |first=Kumar|last=Manish}}</ref>


The stepwell was restored by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] in 2017-18.
The stepwell was restored by the [[Archaeological Survey of India]] in 2017–2018.
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==See also==
==See also==
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==References==
==References==
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