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The Stepwell Trail Through Madhya Pradesh: A Guide to India's Forgotten Baoli Architecture

Why Madhya Pradesh, and Why NowMost people chasing stepwells head to Rajasthan. Rani ki Vav in Patan gets the UNESCO plaque and the Instagram queue. But Madhya Pradesh has been quietly holding a parallel inventory of baoli architecture, older in some cases, less restored in others, and almost entirely free…

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Gujarat's Hidden Stepwells: 5 Ancient Vav Sites That Are Free, Quiet, and Worth Every Detour

Rani ki Vav, Patan, The One That Earned a UNESCO Badge and Still Gets IgnoredPatan is 125 kilometres north of Ahmedabad. The drive takes under two hours. Rani ki Vav was built in the 11th century by Queen Udayamati of the Solanki dynasty as a memorial to her husband, King…

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Seven Ancient Stepwells Across India That Rival Adalaj in Architecture and Heritage

Rani ki Vav, Patan, GujaratRani ki Vav has 800 sculpted panels descending seven storeys into the earth, and UNESCO put it on the World Heritage list in 2014 for exactly that reason. Queen Udayamati commissioned it in the 11th century as a memorial to her husband, King Bhimdev I of…

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Gujarat: 35 deaths reported in 2 days, say officials; post-flood restoration work gathers speed

In the last 48 hours, Gujarat has seen a tragic toll of thirty-five lives lost due to relentless rain. Rescue operations have successfully saved over seven thousand individuals from submerged locales. As floodwaters begin to recede, assessments for damages and clean-up efforts are underway.

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Gujarat: 15 held for MBBS student's death in Patan

All the 15 were also suspended by medical college after receiving report from its anti-ragging committee. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Kutch: Struggle for water in ‘har ghar jal’ Gujarat, salt workers fight for livelihoods

Six years ago, Rakesh was inside his home in Siddhrana village, located in Siddhpur tehsil of Gujarat’s Patan district, when there was a knock at the door. A group of villagers stood outside, carefully on the other side of the threshold.

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‘Our god was locked in a US museum’: the heritage hunters bringing home Nepal’s lost treasures

Thousands of ancient artefacts have been taken out of the country. These Nepalese citizens are determined to get them back

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Voter turnout crosses 74% in Chhattisgarh, M.P. Assembly polls

Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh polls: Tight security, violence reported; provisional turnout 75.41% & 74% respectively. Jawan killed in Naxalite blast, woman died in queue and man in elephant attack. Bigwigs in fray, BJP accused of distributing money and liquor. ECI asked to take action against Home Minister's statement. BJP CM…

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Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh CMs both in the fray in November 17 polling

Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh to vote on November 17, 2023, for 70 and 36 seats respectively. Chief Ministers Bhupesh Baghel and Shivraj Singh Chouhan contest in Patan and Budhni.

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‘Don’t want to be kingmaker’: Janta Congress’s Amit Jogi on poll alliances, taking on Baghel

Janta Congress Chhattisgarh chief and son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, Amit Jogi will contest against incumbent CM Bhupesh Baghel in Patan constituency, nearly 25 km from capital Raipur.

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Chhattisgarh assembly polls: CM Baghel files nomination from Patan seat

Bhupesh Baghel files nomination from Patan, expresses confidence Congress will retain power. CM accompanied by Speaker Charan Das Mahant and Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu. Baghel's wife applies 'tilak' at Bhilai residence. BJP has fielded Vijay Baghel, CM's nephew and Durg MP, in the seat. CM and BJP candidate both from…

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BJP’s first list of nominations seeks to win an uncle-nephew electoral battle in Chhattisgarh

In Chhattisgarh, the highlight of the BJP’s first list of nominations for the forthcoming State Assembly elections is its attempt to corner Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel by fielding sitting Durg MP and former Congress leader Vijay Baghel from Patan in Durg, which the CM represents in the current Assembly.

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Gujarat limping back to normalcy in cyclone Biparjoy aftermath; most roads cleared

Shops and business establishments in Gujarat’s Kutch district opened shutters on June 17 in signs of return to normalcy as authorities stepped up efforts to restore electricity in several towns and hundreds of villages battered by cyclone Biparjoy.

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Gujarat: 7 Killed, 11 Injured When Jeep Carrying Them Rams Into Truck In Patan

The accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon. After the overnight probe into the case, the police have registered the FIR (First Information Report) in the matter. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Gujarat: Villagers beat up man after tying him to tree for attacking schoolgirl; three booked

PATAN(GUJARAT): A man was tied upside down from a tree and beaten up by some villagers for allegedly attacking a teenage girl in Gujarat's Patan district, with the police registering a case against three persons after a video of the incident surfaced on social media.

The Times of India

Gujarat: Govt approves projects of drinking & irrigation water to 135 villages

AHMEDABAD: In an important decision aimed at redressing the water crisis in Gujarat, chief minister Bhupendra Patel has approved several projects to provide water to 135 villages of Banaskantha and Patan for drinking and irrigation.

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North Gujarat stares at acute water shortage

PALANPUR: A hot summer has just begun, but the districts of north Gujarat -- Banaskantha, Sabarkantha, Mehsana, Patan and Aravalli are already facing a severe shortage of water. Even the main reservoirs there don't have enough water that could last the entire summer. This, experts say, is mainly because of…

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Story time in the village

It takes a certain thoughtfulness to not miss the resemblance of a scalloped leaf with an imaginative form of human heart and also name it Lokesh. If you read the full story, accompanied with doodles by Neeru, a seven-year-old from Patan, a village of 400 families in Rajasthan, you will…

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