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{{Short description|Legendary Kund attributed to Gautama}}{{Related|[[Urvija Kund]]}}
{{Infobox Hindu temple|name=Gautam Kund|native_name=गौतम कुण्ड|native_name_lang=mai|deity=Goddess Ganga|tradition=Sanatana|religious_affiliation=[[Hinduism]]|festivals=[[Maghi Purnima]]|location=Brahmpur West Panchayat, Mithila region|state=[[Bihar]]|district=[[Darbhanga district|Darbhanga]]|country={{flag|India}}|founded_by=Maharshi Gautama|established=[[Treta Yuga]]|website=https://www.gautamkund.in/}}
'''Gautam Kund''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: गौतम कुण्ड ) is a legendary lake in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] attributed to the Vedic sage [[Gautama Maharishi|Maharshi Gautama]]. It is located in Kamtaul City of the [[Darbhanga district]] of [[Bihar]] in [[India]]. It is famous for sacred bath among [[Hindus|Hindu]] adherents in the region. A large number of devotees flock into the lake during the occasion of the [[Magha Purnima|Maghi Purnima]] for performing sacred bath in it.<ref>{{Cite news |title=जाले : श्रद्धालुओं ने गौतम कुंड में किया पवित्र स्नान |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/darbhanga/story-devotees-gather-at-gautam-kund-for-sacred-bath-on-maghi-purnima-201739387796099.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=अहिल्यास्थान और गौतमकुंड के विकास का होगा पूरा प्रयास : प्रधान सचिव - Efforts will be made to develop Ahilyasthan and Gautam Kund: Principal Secretary - Bihar Darbhanga General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/darbhanga-efforts-will-be-made-to-develop-ahilyasthan-and-gautam-kund-principal-secretary-21559308.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> The ''Gautam Kund'' is associated with the epic ''[[Ramayana]]''. It is near the ancient Gautam Ashram. It is believed that Gautam Rishi used to come to this place every morning from his ''ashram'' to took bath and got engrossed in meditation. The adherents believe that after taking a sacred bath in the ''Kund'', the sins of ones lives vanish.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-27 |title=यहां आने से धूल जाएगा सारा पाप! दरभंगा में मौजूद रामायण काल का यह कुंड है अद्भुत |url=https://hindi.news18.com/news/bihar/darbhanga-all-sins-will-be-washed-away-by-coming-here-pond-of-ramayana-period-present-in-darbhanga-amazing-5287087.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=News18 हिंदी |language=hi}}</ref>

== Description ==
According to legend, once there was a drought in the Mithila region due to [[Indra]]'s anger. The sages were left with nothing to eat or drink, then the sage Gautama created a ''Ksheer Kund'' with his wish-fulfilling vessel and his spiritual powers. The Kund was brought by the sage Gautama as a symbolic Ganga near his ashram so it is also known as ''Gautami Ganga''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Sarvahitkari |url=https://archive.org/details/sanskrit-vangmaya-ka-brihat-ithas-ix-nyaya-gajanan-shastri-musalgaonkar |title=Sanskrit Vangmaya Ka Brihat Ithas IX Nyaya Gajanan Shastri Musalgaonkar |date=2021-01-18}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=जनकपुर जाते समय राम ने बिहार के इस जिले में किया था अहिल्या का उद्धार, यहां पग-पग में होती है रामत्व की अनुभूति - Lord Shri Ram deliverance Mother Ahalya in Ahiyari of Darbhanga in Bihar here is detail |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/muzaffarpur-lord-shri-ram-deliverance-mata-ahalya-in-ahiyari-of-darbhanga-in-bihar-here-is-detail-23644161.html |access-date=2025-04-30 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref>

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[[Category:Hinduism]]
[[Category:Sacred lakes of India]]
[[Category:Lakes of Bihar]]
[[Category:Darbhanga district]]
[[Category:Mithila (region)]]
[[Category:Places in the Ramayana]]

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