Back راني كي فاف Arabic ৰাণী কি বাৱ Assamese রানি কি বাব Bengali/Bangla Rani-ki-Vav Catalan Rani Ki Vav German Rani ki vav Spanish رانیکیواو Persian Rani-ki-Vav French રાણકી વાવ Gujarati ראני קי ואו HE
| Rani ki Vav | |
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| Location | Patan, Gujarat, India |
| Coordinates | 23°51′32″N 72°6′6″E / 23.85889°N 72.10167°E |
| Area | 4.68 ha (11.6 acres) |
  Location in Gujarat  Location in India | |
| Criteria | Cultural: (i), (iv) |
| Reference | 922 |
| Inscription | 2014 (38th Session) |
| Buffer zone | 125.44 ha (310.0 acres) |
Rani Ki Vav (lit. 'The Queen's Stepwell') is a stepwell situated in the town of Patan in Gujarat, India. It is located on the banks of the Saraswati River. Its construction is attributed to Udayamati, the spouse of the 11th-century Chaulukya king Bhima I. Silted over, it was rediscovered in the 1940s and restored in the 1980s by the Archaeological Survey of India. It has been listed as one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India since 2014. The stepwell is designed as an underground shrine or inverted temple; representing the sanctity of water, with the sculptures in the stepwell depicting numerous Hindu deities.[1]