RANIJI KI BAORI

Raniji ki Bawri (Raniji’s Stepwell) is situated in the southern part of Bundi city, outside the walls and across the Chaugan. This stepwell was built by Rao Raja Anirudh Singh’s wife Rani Nathawat ji, during the reign of her son Budh Singh in V.S.1757. The length and breadth of the baori is 260’x40’.4’’ having very ornate and exquisitely carved Toran Gate, sculptures of Gods and Goddesses along with murals which add beauty and grandeur to the stepwell. The steps on the western side adorned with twelve pillared cenotaph of Rajput style. The roof of the entrance doors is arch shaped with murals depicted on the ceiling. Both the gates are adorned on the top with an eight pillared cenotaph. This stepwell has more than 100 steps. The middle big step on either side has a depiction of standing Bahairwa. After 20 steps, there exists an open gate with three doors and artistic torans on both the sides. Descending further downwards, there are sculptures of Ganesha, Saraswati, Gajendra, Gajendra Moksha along with ten incarnations like Matasya, Varaha, Narsingh which attract visitor’s attention. An inscription of 31 lines is there at the entrance gate which describes the genealogy of the Hada rulers of Bundi.