Jaipur city and its surroundings are replete with historic places from palaces, forts, Havelis, and markets. All these attract tourists in large numbers to Rajasthan and more importantly to Jaipur the capital. One of the most unusual and historic sites to visit for tourists is the majestic stepwells. Tourists can spend 3 days visiting the step wells. The most well-known step well of Jaipur that tourists can visit includes Chand Baori or Moon Step Well which is India’s deepest step well that extends about 100 feet into the ground and has 3,500 steps and 13 levels.
This square step well was built between the 8th and 9th centuries by King Chanda of the Nikumbh dynasty of Rajputs but local folklore is that it was built by ghosts in one night. The step well is located in Abhaneri village in the Dausa district of Rajasthan, between Agra and Jaipur.
Booking.comVisiting the step well is a full one-day affair for tourists. Every year a two-day festival is held in September in Abhaneri with the backdrop of Chand Baori, to promote rural tourism. On returning to Jaipur, the next day tourist can visit the Panna Meena ka Kund, behind AmberFort. it’s said to be about 450 years old. There’s an old disused 16th-century temple next to it.
In the afternoon tourist can visit the Anokhi Museum near Kheri Gate. In the evening tourist can visit the local markets in Jaipur. On the 3rd day tourist can visit the twin Nahargarh Step Well, one inside and other outside the fort. Unlike most step wells, the well are unsymmetrical and follow the natural terrain of the hill. They’re part of an extensive catchment system that was made to provide water to the fort, built in 1734 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, who founded Jaipur. The catchment system has a network of small canals in the surrounding hills to collect rainwater and feed it into the step well. Visiting the step well takes tourist to a era that was unique in its nature.
