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[[File:Brahmkund.jpg|thumb|Brahmkund]]
[[File:Sihor.jpg|thumb|Brahma Kund]]
'''Brahma Kund'''{{efn-ua|There are several places in India where the tank known as ''Brahma Kund'' are located such as at [[Haridwar]], at [[Pushkar]], at [[Vrindavan]] and in [[Assam]].}} is a [[Temple tank|stepped temple tank]] in [[Sihor]] town of [[Bhavnagar district]], [[Gujarat]], India. It is located near the southern wall of the old town. It believed that it was constructed by [[Jayasimha Siddharaja]].<ref name="BG">{{cite book|title=Gazetteer of the Bombay Presidency|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c70MAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA541|year=1884|publisher=Printed at the Government Central Press|pages=541, 655}}</ref>

==History==
The exact dates of Brahma Kund is unknown. It mentioned in ''[[Skanda Purana]]''.<ref name="BG"/>

According to legend, [[Chaulukya dynasty|Chaulukya]] king [[Jayasimha Siddharaja]] was suffering from skin disease following the curse from [[Ranakadevi]], the queen whom he captured from [[Junagadh]]. He was cured after bathing in this tank so he refurbished the tank. The water of the tank is still considered miraculous.<ref name="BG"/> It is mentioned in ''[[Prabandha-Chintamani]]'' written by [[Merutunga]]. The tank kept finding its reference and mentions citing Siddharaja since 12th century.

It is also mentioned in ''[[Ain-e-Akbari]]''. Poet [[Nanalal Dalpatram Kavi]] expresses and explains in his ''Hari Samhita'' that [[Krishna]] had visited the place.

==Architecture==
Brahma Kund, built in the style of medieval architecture, has a design of steps, small temples, metaphors, motifs and beliefs, idols of [[Hindu]] deities, stone work, some scientific entities, everything carved within and across the complex.<ref name="Shukla 2014">{{cite web | last=Shukla | first=Rakesh | title=ક્યારેક ચાંદીના આભૂષણોના વેપાર માટે જાણીતું હતું ગુજરાતનું આ શહેર-વિસ્તૃત કોતરણી | website=gujarati.oneindia.com | date=9 March 2014 | url=http://gujarati.oneindia.com/travel/bhavnagar-tourism-the-rewarding-downtown-016512-pg1.html | language=gu | accessdate=3 October 2016}}</ref>

There is Neelkanth Mahadev temple near the tank. There is a lake known as ''Gautam Lake'' and Gautameshwar temple is located nearby.<ref name="BG"/>

The tank is the State Protected Monument (S-GJ-35). It is now poorly maintained.<ref name="divyabhaskar 2011">{{cite web | title=બેદરકારીને લીધે પુરાતન સ્થાપત્યોનું સૌંદર્ય નષ્ટ | website=Divyabhaskar | date=21 October 2011 | url=http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-bhavnagars-acient-place-in-bad-position-2516042.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230055958/http://www.divyabhaskar.co.in/news/SAU-bhavnagars-acient-place-in-bad-position-2516042.html | language=gu | accessdate=30 December 2016|archive-date=30 December 2016}}</ref>

== Culture ==
On the last day of [[Shraavana]] month, called as ''Bhadarvi Amas'' or ''Bhadrapad Amavasya'', the fair is organised at the place which is attended by tens of thousands people.<ref name="General1969">{{cite book|author=India. Office of the Registrar General|title=Census of India, 1961: Gujarat|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KLzUAAAAMAAJ|year=1969|publisher=Manager of Publications|pages=31–32}}</ref>

== See also ==

* [[Brahma Vav]]
* [[Brahma Temple, Khedbrahma]]

==Notes and references==
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MichalKohn at 04:59, 13 December 2021