Archive · 13 Sep 2025
Maharashtra to Survey Historic Stepwells and Wells
Imagine Maharashtra as a treasure chest of old wells and stepwells!
The government wants to find and learn about all of them.
The Cultural Affairs Minister, Ashish Shelar, is leading this effort.
They will start a survey to find and write down information about these old water structures.
These structures are super important because they tell us about history and culture.
They've already found over 3,000 of these stepwells so far, and some of them are really, really old!
The government wants to make sure these cool, historic places are not forgotten and maybe even protected for the future.
Maharashtra will conduct a survey of its stepwells and historic wells.
The survey aims to document the cultural and historical importance of these structures.
Ashish Shelar, the Cultural Affairs Minister, announced the survey.
Experts from the cultural department will be involved.
Preliminary findings suggest there are over 3,000 historically valuable stepwells.
- Who
- Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar
- What
- Announced a survey of stepwells and historic wells
- When
- Announced on Saturday
- Where
- Maharashtra
- Why
- To document and preserve the cultural and historical importance of these structures
- Event
- Survey of stepwells and wells in Maharashtra
- Initiator
- Maharashtra Cultural Affairs Minister Ashish Shelar
- Purpose
- Documenting and preserving historic water structures
- Structures Included
- Stepwells ('baravs') and historic wells
- Estimated Number of Stepwells
- Over 3,000 with historic value