Dear MEL School’s Topic Readers,
Photographer on the hunt:
Discovering India's ancient stepwells
Stepwells. There were a
large number of such ancient architectural structures to reserve water in ancient
India. People descended the steps to fetch water. It was a hard work but it
also provided relief from daytime heat. Stepwells were also served leisure, social
and religious purposes.
Though many of them were
abandoned or simply forgotten, there still are number of surviving stepwells
with architectural significance. Some of them are even added to the list of
UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites.
A Chicago-based
journalist has been dedicating herself to explore these abandoned or surviving
stepwells to introducing them to the world. She hopes that the more people get
interested in these stepwells, the more effort might be made to preserve them.
Enjoy reading and seeing the
astonishing photos of India’s ancient architectures.
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