Dada Harir Vav
Built in 1499 by a woman of Mahmud Begada's household, with Sanskrit and Arabic cut into the same walls.
- Where
- Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
- Grade
- National monument
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 5 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 23.0407, 72.6055
Get the Dada Harir Vav stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dada Harir Vav. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Gujarat volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dada Harir Vav
Bai Harir Vav Steps 0.4 km
The octagonal well shaft behind Dada Harir, where the water level is still read off the carved courses.
Sidi Bashir Mosque 1.5 km
What is left of a mosque is two minarets that shake: push one and the other answers.
Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir 1.9 km
The first temple the Swaminarayan sampraday built, 1822, in Burmese teak and paint.
Jama Masjid 2.6 km
Two hundred and sixty pillars holding fifteen domes, built in 1424 with stone taken from demolished temples.
The Pols of Ahmedabad 2.9 km
Dense residential lanes with shared courtyards and bird feeders, the reason Ahmedabad became India's first World Heritage City.
Sidi Saiyyed Mosque 3.0 km
Ten stone screens, one of them a tree of intertwined branches that became the emblem of the city.
Bhadra Fort 3.1 km
The citadel Ahmed Shah built in 1411 when he founded Ahmedabad, with the Bhadrakali temple in it.
Jhulta Minara 3.4 km
Shake one minaret and the other answers.
More national monuments in Gujarat
Questions
Where is Dada Harir Vav?
Dada Harir Vav is in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bai Harir Vav Steps (0.4 km), Sidi Bashir Mosque (1.5 km), Kalupur Swaminarayan Mandir (1.9 km).
How do I get the Dada Harir Vav stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dada Harir Vav and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Gujarat volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dada Harir Vav before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Gujarat volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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