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A Vav is a Gujarati word for step well. In ancient India, the step wells were constructed by the kings to counter the water problems in the semi arid regions of Gujarat and Rajasthan. These step wells provided water for drinking, washing and bathing. These are inverted temples where the topmost level/floor is at the ground level and then one goes down multiple levels below to the step well.

Back then the architects used the principles of rain water harvesting to keep the well functional and their knowledge to built such huge structures to withstand the impact of earthquakes.

This particular Vav called the Adalaj ki Vav is a stepwell located in Adalaj village near Ahemdabad and has 5 levels below ground. It was built in 1498. The way these have been constructed, there is ample sunlight at each level . The level seen here is -1 ie one level eblow ground..

You can read more about Adalaj ki Vav here : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adalaj_Stepwell

Do you think modern world architects need to learn a thing or two from ancient architects ?? planning and respecting nature maybe ??

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! Indian Bush Lark ! by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : કાઠીયાવાડી અગીયા અગન, અગીયો ચંડુલ,

! Common Name : Black-breasted Weaver ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : શ્યામકંઠ સુગરી !

! Scientific Name : Ploceus benghalensis !

! Khambht, Anand ! Gujarat ! 09/02/2020 !

Common Greenshank by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : મોટી લીલાપગ તુતવારી, તીમતીમા, લીલાપગ.

Scientific Name: Tringa nebularia.

Jamnagar ! May - 2019

Casipan Tern in breeding plumage by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : દરીયાઈ ધોમડી.

Scientific Name : Sterna caspia.

Jamnagar ! May - 2019

! Common Name : Great Thick-knee ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : મોટો ચડવો.!

! Scientific Name : Esacus recurvirostris !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Common Name : Bar-headed Goose ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : રાજહંસ !

! Scientific Name : Anser indicus !

! Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary ! Gujarat ! 14/01/2020 !

! Purple Swamphen ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati name: નીલ કૂકડી, નીલ જલમુરઘો !

! Scientific name: Porphyrio porphyrio !

Common Name : Bar-tailed Godwit by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : પટાપૂછ ગડેરા, રેખાપૂછ ગડેરા, નાનો ગડેરા.

Scientific Name : Limosa lapponica.

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Lesser Flamingo ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : નાનો હંજ. !

! Scientific Name : Phoenicopterus minor (Phoeniconaias minor). !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Common Name : Gull-billed Tern ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ધોમડા-ધોમડી, ધોળી વાબગલી !

! Scientific Name : Sterna nilotica !

! Jamnagar - May -2019 !

! Common Name : Small Minivet ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : નાનો રાજાલાલ !

! Scientific Name :Pericrocotus cinnamomeus !

! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat - Jan - 2020 !

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Common Redshank by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : રાતાપગ, રાતાપગ તુતવારી.

Scientific Name : Tringa totanus.

Jamnagar ! May - 2019

! Gujarati Name : બાટણ ટીટોડી, મોટી બાટણ ! by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati by Jean-Luc Drouin

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Junagadh (Inde) - Portrait d'un "touriste" indien venu en pèlerinage à Junagadh.

Avec cette photo, je commence une série de portraits posés d'indiens rencontrés au hasard de mes balades photographiques.

Je préfère les portraits plus spontanés. Mais comme je n'aime pas voler mes photos, je discute beaucoup avec les personnes que j'envisage de photographier. Bien entendu, une telle approche induit des portraits un peu statiques. Ensuite, habitués à ma présence, que les gens se détendent et reprennent une attitude plus naturelle. C'est à ce moment que je prends à leur insu, sans me cacher pour autant, les scènes et portraits plus naturels.

Ces photos posées je les ai longtemps écartées de mes sélections. Et puis en consultant mes archives, j'ai réalisé que ces portrait "convenus" n'étaient pas aussi inintéressants que je le pensais. Chez les indiens, la pose leur donne une certaine prestance.

Junagadh (India) - Portrait of an Indian "tourist" who came on pilgrimage to Junagadh in the state of Gujarat.

With this photo, I begin a series of posed portraits of Indians encountered at random during my photographic walks.

Usually I prefer more spontaneous portraits. But since I don't like stealing my photos, I chat a lot with the people I plan to photograph. Of course, such an approach induces somewhat static portraits. Then, accustomed to my presence, that people relax and resume a more natural attitude. It is at this moment that I take without their knowledge, without hiding myself for all that, the more natural scenes and portraits.

These photos posed I have long excluded from my selections. And then by consulting my archives, I realized that these "agreed" portraits were more interesting than I thought. Among the Indians, the pose gives them a certain presence.

! Common Name : Ruddy Shelduck ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ભગવી સૂરખાબ, બાહ્મણી બતક, સુરખાબ. !

! Scientific Name : Tadorna ferruginea !

! Khambht, Anand ! Gujarat ! 04/03/2017 !

! Common Name : Western Reef Egret ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : દરિયાઈ બગલો !

! Scientific Name : Egretta gularis !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Together ! !Grey Heron ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : કબૂત બગલો. !

! Scientific Name : Ardea cinerea. !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Common Name :Dalmatian Pelican ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ચોટીલી પેણ !

! Scientific Name : Pelecanus crispus !

! Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary ! Gujarat ! 14/01/2020 !

! Kentish Plover ! ! Jamnagar - May - 2019 ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ઢોંગીલી, ભુલામણી ઢોંગીલી. !

! Scientific Name : Charadrius alexandrinus !

! Common Name : Common Sandpiper ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : સામાન્ય તુતવારી, નાની તુતવારી. !

! Scientific Name : Actitis hypoleucos !

! Jamnagar - May -2019 !

Gujarati textiles- Baroda Museum, 2016 by alexander_stein_taech

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! Common Name :Dalmatian Pelican ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ચોટીલી પેણ !

! Scientific Name : Pelecanus crispus !

! Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary ! Gujarat ! 14/01/2020 !

! Common Name : Red-headed Bunting! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : લાલ માથાનો ગંદમ !

! Scientific Name : Emberiza bruniceps !

! Khambht, Anand ! Gujarat ! 09/02/2020 !

! Common Name : Ashy-crowned Sparrow-Lark ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ભોંયચકલી, રાખોડી શિર ભોંયચકલી.!

! Scientific Name : Eremopterix grisea !

! Tena, Surat, Gujarat - Dec - 2019 !

! Common Name : Western Marsh Harrier ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : પાન પટ્ટાઇ !

! Scientific Name : Circus aeruginosus. !

! Gaviyar ! Dumas! Surat ! Gujarat ! 10/10/2018 !

! Common Name : Small Minivet ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : નાનો રાજાલાલ !

! Scientific Name :Pericrocotus cinnamomeus !

! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat - Jan - 2020 !

! Pardesi ! ! Common Name : Rosy Starling ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : વૈયું , ગુલાબી વૈયું !

! Scientific Name : Sturnus roseus !

! Kutch ! Gujarat ! Jan - 2020 !

! Eurasian Oystercatcher ! by Kintu Patel

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!Gujarati Name : અબાલખ, દરિયાઈ અબાલખ.!

! Scientific Name : Haematopus ostralegus. !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Common Name : Purple rumped Sunbird ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ફૂલસૂંઘણી શક્કરખોરો !

! Scientific Name :Nectarinia zeylonica !

! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat - Jan - 2020 !

! Common Name : Barred Button Quail ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : રાખોડી પગ બિલ બટેર !

! Scientific Name :Turnix suscitator !

! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat ! 17/06/2020 !

! Common Name : Black-headed Bunting ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : કાળા માથાનો ગંદમ !

! Scientific Name : Emberiza melanocephala !

! Khambht, Anand ! Gujarat ! 09/02/2020 !

! Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : દેશી બટાવડો.!

! Scientific Name : Pterocles exustus. !

! Jamnagar ! May - 2019 !

! Common Name : Tree Pipit ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ખેતરાઉ ધાનચીડી !

! Scientific Name : Anthus trivialis !

! ! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat - Feb - 2020 !

! Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : દેશી બટાવડો.!

! Scientific Name : Pterocles exustus. !

! Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary ! Gujarat ! 14/01/2020 !

! Common Name : Kentish Plover ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : ઢોંગીલી, ભુલામણી ઢોંગીલી !

! Scientific Name :Charadrius alexandrinus. !

! Jamnagar - May -2019 !

! Common Name : Paddyfield Pipit ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : દેશી ધાનચીડી, વીડ ધાનચીડી !

! Scientific Name : Anthus rufulus !

! Sadadvel, Chikhli, Gujarat ! 04/06/2020 !

! Curlew Sandpiper in breeding plumage ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : વાંકી ચાંચ કીચડીયો !

! Scientific Name : Calidris ferruginea !

! Jamnagar - May - 2019 !

I found the best light in the dark. by VisualsDiary

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Step-well of Ambapur (Gujarati: અંબાપુરની વાવ, Hindi: अंबापुर बावड़ी). A 15th Century Step Well.

! Common Name : Brown-headed Gull ! by Kintu Patel

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! Gujarati Name : લડાખી ધોમડો !

! Scientific Name : Larus brunnicephalus !

Beauté gujarati by Florence DUPRE

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Casipan Tern by Kintu Patel

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Gujarati Name : દરીયાઈ ધોમડી.

Scientific Name : Sterna caspia.

Jamnagar ! May - 2019

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