Site Name: Chhatral
Date: 1501-1600 CE
Subject: General view of the top of the L-shaped Chhatral Stepwell
CENTER FOR ART AND ARCHAEOLOGY
The stepwell is built on an L-shaped plan. It is partly in a ruined condition and partly repaired by the villagers with concrete and plaster all over. This stepped corridor descends with five storeys deep into the earth. The stepwell does not have much carved ornamentation, except some sculptures in niches. The sculptures are: in kuta two sculptures of goddess Amba Mata and Bhairava; in kuta three on the third storey, there is a niche filled with floral ornamentation. One can identify a woman giving birth to a child and four women attending to her, all arranged in a long row. In a niche next to this is a sculpture of Sesasayin Vishnu.
Reference: Jain-Neubauer, Jutta. The Stepwells of Gujarat: In Art-historical Perspective, 2003.