11/03/2017
~Gaumukh Kund/Gaumukh Reservoir
Chittorgarh Fort is renowned as the Water Fort. About forty percent of the fort is covered with water bodies in the form of ponds locally known as talabs, wells or, kunds and step wells or baories.
Shaped like the mouth of a cow, the Gaumukh Reservoir is an important tank of the Chittorgarh Fort. It is located near a temple, and is a complete natural beauty.It can quench the thirst for fifty thousand lives for a span of four years.
The Gaumukh kund is admired by the visitors as the ‘Tirth Raj’ of Chittorgarh.
Water incessantly flows from the cow shaped mouth into the kund. The kund is considered to be a natural spring. The origin of the water is possibly an aquifer. As per hydrogeology, at some places beneath the surface of the earth, layers of permeable rocks, sand and silt can have water reserve. This stored water creeping out into the surface of the earth results in formation of aquifers.
During the three famous sieges when the enemy troops cut down the essential supplies to the Chittorgarh Fort, The Gaumukh Reservoir served water to the inhabitants for days togethfee
"Address":- The reservoir can be located near the Samadheswar Temple inside the Chittorgarh Fort.
No entry fee