Small stepwell or Pushkaranis are sacred tanks attached to temples, most of the large temples in Hampi has a tank attached to it, the tanks cater to the ritual and functional aspects of the temple and life surrounding it, symbolically too these tanks are significant and treated with great respect, in many cases the sacred tanks were the venue for the annual boat festival, where the images of the god and goddess is taken on a coracle, this geometrically fascinating tank is located in the Royal Enclosure, Hampi, Karnataka, India.
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