These Misterious Structures Resemble the Underworld Gates. But Take a Look into It

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India is a real treasure trove. There’s a whole category of slowly crumbling and awe-inspiring architectural wonders. For example, stepwells that stretch down ten levels into the ground. Many of us have never even heard about them! These massive structures look like gates to the underworld. They were created as a primary way to access the water table in regions where the climate vacillates between very dry during most months, with a few weeks of torrential monsoons in the spring. Thirty years ago, journalist  started to studying Indian stepwells. Check out her incredible findings.

  • Journalist Victoria Lautman spent many years travelling through India in search of stepwells. Her main goal was to share their vanishing beauty with the outside world.

  • It appears that thousands of stepwells were built in India starting around the 2nd and 4th centuries A.D.

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