Showing posts with label banganga tank. Show all posts
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Saturday, August 22, 2009

Saturday Photohunt - Ripples

Ripples in the Banganga Tank. It is an ancient water tank which is part of the Walkeshwar Temple Complex inMalabar Hill area of Mumbai in India. It was built in 1127 AD, by Lakshman Prabhu, a minister in the court of Silhara dynasty kings of Thane. The tank was rebuilt in 1715 AD, with a donation for the Walkeshwar Temple by Rama Kamath. According to local legend, it sprang forth when the Hindu god Ram, the exiled hero of the epic Ramayana, stopped at the spot five thousand years ago in search of his kidnapped wife Sita.As the legend goes, overcome with fatigue and thirst, Rama asked his brother Laxman to bring him some water. Laxman instantly shot an arrow into the ground, and water gushed forth from the ground, creating a tributary of the Ganges, which flows over a thousand miles away, hence its name, Banganga, the 'Ganga' created out on a 'Baan' (Arrow).
Info sourced from Wikipedia.
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