Boter Kothani Vav

Boter Kothani Vav, which also goes by Mehsana Vav or Interi Vav, stands near the Bhimnath Mahadev temple in the Para area of Mehsana, Gujarat. A Persian and Devanagari inscription dated Samvat 1731 (1674 CE), in the reign of Aurangzeb, records that Shah Gokaldas of the Shrimali caste and his mother Manabai had it built for public welfare.

Built of brick and sandstone, the stepwell is 14 to 15 metres long and eleven floors deep, with unusual twin wells; its name means 'stepwell of 72 cells'. Repaired under the Gaekwads, it later became neglected and polluted, and was cleaned in 2013 and 2020. In November 2025 the municipal corporation began a ₹2.66 crore restoration of the 1,600 sq m site, planning a walkway, seating, a garden, lighting and an open-air interpretation centre.