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Structures erected on the Indian subcontinent to collect water express a search for spatiality that ventures beyond functional prerequisites to reveal a deep bond with water’s spiritual value and rituals and practices related to water. Built from the 6th to 20th centuries, stepwells and tanks exalt the importance of their environment and propagate the symbolic imagery of cultures thousands of years old. Unfortunately, many of the structures have since been abandoned. Yet they exemplify the crystallisation

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Structures erected on the Indian subcontinent to collect water express a search for spatiality that ventures beyond functional prerequisites to reveal a deep bond with water’s spiritual value and rituals and practices related to water. Built from the 6th to 20th centuries, stepwells and tanks exalt the importance of their environment and propagate the symbolic imagery of cultures thousands of years old. Unfortunately, many of the structures have since been abandoned. Yet they exemplify the crystallisation

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