Patan: The queen's stepwell and the sun temple
The Patan Safarnama is a 42.6 km route across 3 stops, from Sahastralinga Talav to Modhera Sun Temple, part of the Gujarat Heritage Trail. See the whole trail.
Sahastralinga Talav
Sahasralinga Tank is a now-dry medieval tank in Patan, commissioned under the Chaulukya king Jayasimha Siddharaja and once one of the largest water tanks of its kind.
Rani ki Vav
Rani ki Vav, the Queen's Stepwell, on the banks of the Saraswati, is attributed to Udayamati, wife of the 11th-century Chaulukya king Bhima I. Silted over, it was rediscovered in the 1940s, restored in the 1980s, and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014.
Modhera Sun Temple
The Sun Temple at Modhera, on the bank of the Pushpavati, was built in the 11th century under Bhima I and Karna I of the Chaulukya dynasty and is dedicated to Surya. It has a shrine hall, an assembly hall and a stepped reservoir, the Kunda.