Amritavarshini Vav

Amritavarshini Vav, also called Panchkuva Stepwell or Katkhuni Vav, stands near the Panchkuva Darwaja in Ahmedabad; the Panchkuva area takes its name from five wells in the area. Inscriptions in Devanagari and Persian date its completion to 1723. It was built by Raja Raghunathdas, diwan to Haidar Quli Khan, the subahdar of Gujarat, during his stay in the city in 1721–22.

The stepwell is sparsely decorated and simple in design, but stands out for its L-shaped plan. It descends three storeys to a depth of more than 50 feet, and the bracing arches take different shapes on the two storeys and in the pavilion tower in front of the well shaft. Protected as a monument since 1969, it was conserved in 1999 and recharged by digging in 2004.