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A kund (stepped well) in Channakeshava Temple - Belur.
Since early days, the design of water storage plays an important role in Indian temple architecture.
people used to travel on bullock-cart, horse-cart or feet and there were no hotels or motels
so temples used to be a place where they took shelter to rest and relax; for their inhabitation there was provision of water inside the temple in the form stepped well or tank (Kund), water in these kunds came either from river or other natural resource.
Some kunds were also believed to have holy water in them and taking bath in it could cancel their sins and cure sickness.
