Brahma Kund at Kaveri Temple, Talakaveri (Karnataka)

 

S.No.	Sacred Tank	Temple	Location	District	Current Status
1	Ambu Tirtham	Rameswara temple	Ambutirtham	Shimoga	The tank is well maintained. The water is free of pollutants and is of good quality.
2	Antharaganga	Nandeeswara temple	Kolar	Kolar	The water quality is good, inspite of people using it for bathing and washing clothes.
3	Brahma Kund	Kaveri Temple	Talakaveri	Kodagu	The tank is believed to be the point of origin of the Kaveri river. Devotees bathe and perform rituals in the water. The tank is well maintained and the water is found to be good.
4	Dattatreya temple tank	Dattatreya temple and Dada Hayat Dargah	Bababudan Giri	Chikmagalur	The tank is well maintained and the water is of good quality.
5	Devi Karai	Chamundeswari temple	Chamundi Hills	Mysore	The tank is well maintained and the quality of water is good.
6	Devi Karai	Gangadareswara temple	Hassan	Hassan	The tank is poorly maintained and is choked with weeds and pollutants.
7	Kalyani Kulam	Sri Gomateswara temple	Sravanabelagola	Hassan	The tank is well maintained by the temple authorities. A fence has been put to prevent devotees from entering. The quality of water is good.
8	Koti Tirtham and Rama Tirtham	Mahabaleshwar temple	Gokarna	Uttara Kannada	Both the tanks are not very well maintained. The water quality is only average.
9	Madhwa Tirtham	Sri Krishna Temple	Udipi	Udipi	The tank is well maintained and devotees are allowed to take bath in the water. The temple authorities have installed water-cleansing equipments.
10	Mahalingeshwara temple tank	Mahalingeshwara temple	Kota	Udipi	The tank is not well maintained. The water is polluted with detergents used during washing clothes.
11	Narasimha tirtham, Veera Anjaneyaswami tank and Vittala Kulam	Sri Yoga Narasimhar temple	Mulbagal	Kolar	The water at Narasimha tirtham is of good quality. People are only allowed to take a quick dip and not to use soaps. The other two are poorly maintained and the water is unfit for any use.
12	Padmasarovar	Mahishamardhini Temple	Udipi	Udipi	Maintenance and water quality was found to be average.
13	Skanda Pushkarini	Sri Vadapanda Balarama temple	Malpe	Udipi	The tank is being maintained well.
14	Sri Janardana temple tank	Sri Janardana and Sri Mahalakshmi temples	Ambalapadi	-	The tank is well maintained and the quality of the water was found to be good.
15	Surya Pushkarini, and Chandra Pushkarini	Sri Vinayaka and Sri Mahalingeshwara temple	Kumbakshi	Udipi	The tanks are properly maintained and water is found to be of good quality.
16	Thirunarayanaswami Kulam, Yoga Narasimhaswami Kulam, Akka Thankai Kulam, Chokkattan Kulam, Bhaswarajan Kulam, Brahmachari Kulam	Narayanaswami temple	Melkote	Mandya	All the tanks are maintained well and are used for bathing, gardening and for breeding fishes.
17	Vaideeswarar temple tank	Vaideeswarar temple	Talakadu	Mysore	The tank is in very good condition. River Kaveri flows into this tank. The water is free of pollutants and is even used for drinking.
18	Vasudeva Kalyani Tirtham / Devasaras	Chennakeshava temple	Bellur	Hassan	The tank water is of poor quality and is completely covered with algae.