Toorji Ka Jhalra (Toorji’s Step Well) was built in Jodhpur the 1740s by a Queen, Maharaja Abhay Singh’s Consort, continuing an age old tradition that Royal women would build public water works. As with all step wells, the steps follow the fluctuating water table down to provide easy all-year round access. Interestingly this well was submerged and full of debris for decades. Only recently has it been drained, cleaned up and restored. In the process, the excavations went down over two hundred feet to expose hand carved treasures in Jodhpur’s famous rose-red sandstone; including intricate carvings of dancing elephants, medieval lions and cow water-spouts, as well as niches housing deities long gone. #Heritage #Historic #Restored #Water #WaterSystems #WaterWaysOfMarwar #Splendid #StepWells #Patron #Patronage #WaterBodies #Local #WaterTable #ToorJiKaJhalra #Jodhpur #JodhpurDiaries #JodhpurJournal #Rajasthan #India #Wanderer #Wanderlust #Travel #Travelogue #TravelDiaries (at Step Well - Toorji Ka Jhalra) https://www.instagram.com/p/BmSXJonlqyw/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1p223wrl4zhvt
