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significant in its association with a reservoir (Jalāśraya)."
In older times, a pilgrim was supposed to purity himself by taking a dip in the haly water of the Kunda before entering the temple..
Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
The Kunda is most amazingly propotional with innumerable stone steps, leading the pilgim down to its base. The Kunda is a stunning example of geometry come alive. The organization of stone stabs into a composition gives shape to a dazzling pattern of art, a concer to in stone. In earlier times true devattes would pay obeisance to all the Shrines. The ornate designs on these Shrines are a reflection of the style of carvings during the solanki era.32
Brahma-kunda - Śihora (Dist. Bhavnagar)
There is a reference to the Brahma-kunda in the Skanda-purana as a holy place for taking bath. Since there is a mention that by bathing in it one would get a place in the royal assembly of Śiva, it can be believed that even before Siddhaarāja got built the Kunda, the place was a holy place for bathing, and being attracted by which at the time of his visit to Sihora, Siddharaja got this place of bathing repaired, and ectended. The architectural form of this Kunda belongs to the Solanki period.
This Kunda has been protected on all the four sides by a high compound wall, and to reach the Kunda from the level land a series of steps has been contructed. On all the four sides of the Kunda a long ans wide plastered floor has been built, on which are built the small umbrellas with stony terrace, and they are adorned by arch. This Kunda is as a square with for equal sides have the length and breadth of 84 x 84 feet. In all there are six terraces in it. The lengtha and breadth of each terrace is six and a half feet. There are six such terraces.
In the first terrace there are built four rungs on each of the wo sides. Inside the Kunda, on all four sides in the middle of the walls and in the rectum there are constructed the round bull's-eye-windows (gaväkṣa). In the wall there are six and in the store five, thus in all there are eleven such round windows and the statues of Hindu gods and goddesses have been placed in them.
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In the second terrace there are on the corners and in the intervening parts there are at equal distances there are contructed the rungs descending on the right and left. Where these rungs end, there has been placed the semi-shades for enabling to go around on all the four sides. Here, in stores four, and in the wall five, thus in all there are construced nine bull's-eye-windows. From there, again, after descending from the two-side rungs one can go to the third terrace, in which in the three in the stores and four in the wall, thus, in all seven bull's-eye-windows are constructed. From there, in the forth teraace, in both the storesand in the wall. three bull's-eyewindows have been constructed. Thus, while going down from the upper floor, the number of the stores go on decreasing. This sort of construction is found on each side. Looking in the bull's-eye-windows of all the stores and in the walls of the Kunda
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