Panna Meena ka Kund

This guide to Panna Meena ka Kund in Jaipur opens with an annual Diwali ritual: the Meena king of Amer and his warriors laying down their weapons here to bathe in the stepwell's sacred water before climbing to pray at the nearby Ambikeshwar temple. It follows how a drummer, born Meena but working for the rival Kachwaha Rajputs, carried word of the closely guarded custom to a kingdom that coveted Amer. You'll also learn how the stepwell's eight-level staircase creates its famous mirror-image illusion.