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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.
Originally
eighty
four
water
bodies
were
built
within
the
seven
hundred
hectares
of
the
fort
area.
At
present
only
twenty
two
water
bodies
sustain.
Any
reservoir
on
an
average
will
take
one
up
to
two
meters
below
surface.
Together
the
water
bodies
present
in
the
Fort
of
Chittorgarh
can
store
up
to
four
billion
liters
of
water
which
is
sufficient
last
for
an
entire
year.
It
can
quench
the
thirst
for
fifty
thousand
lives
for
a
span
of
four
years.
The
Gaumukh
Reservoir,
one
of
the
eighty
four
water
bodies
of
the
fort
is
filled
with
water
to
this
day.
The
nomenclature
refers
to
the
cow
shaped
mouth
which
serves
water
to
the
reservoir.
The
Gaumukh
kund
is
admired
by
the
visitors
as
the
‘Tirth
Raj’
of
Chittorgarh.
It
is
believed
that
after
touring
various
holy
places
in
India,
Hindus
need
to
visit
the
Gaumukh
Kund
in
Chittorgarh
to
complete
their
holy
journey.
Water
incessantly
flows
from
the
cow
shaped
mouth
into
the
kund
or
the
reservoir.
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.
A
Shivling
and
an
icon
of
Goddess
Lakshmi
adorn
the
base
of
the
Gaumukh
where
the
water
falls.
Numerous
fishes
dwell
in
this
reservoir.
Although
feeding
fishes
is
considered
auspicious
in
Hinduism,
however,
fishes
in
the
Gaumukh
Reservoir
are
fed
by
most
of
the
tourists
irrespective
of
religious
bent.
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
together.
The
reservoir
can
be
located
near
the
Samadheswar
Temple
inside
the
Chittorgarh
Fort.
It
is
advised
to
be
cautious
of
the
steep
staircases
of
the
reservoir.
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