The Banganga Tank during the Banganga Festival.

Banganga Tank is part of the Walkeshwar Temple Complex in the city of Bombay, India. It was built by the Silhara dynasty in the 12th century. The tank was rebuilt in 1715 out of a donation for the temple by Rama Kamath. The main temple, has been reconstructed since then and is at present a reinforced concrete structure of recent vintage. Image File history File links Banganga-Tank. ... Image File history File links Banganga-Tank. ... The Walkeshwar temple and the attached Banganga Tank were built by Chittaraja, a king of the Chittaraja dynasty. ... Mumbai (Marathi: मुंबई ) (pronounced in Marathi, and in English), formerly known as Bombay is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra and is the most populous Indian city with a 2005 estimated population of about 18 million. ... The Hindu Silhara dynasty ruled the region around present day Mumbai from the 9 century to the 13 century. ... (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ...

The tank is fed by a spring, and every February the tank is cleaned and spruced up for the annual Banganga Hindustani classical music festival, a major cultural event in the city. An astonishing fact about the tank is that the waters of the tank is sweet despite the presence of the sea just a few decametres away. February is the second month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... A decametre (American spelling: decameter) (symbol: dam) is a measurement of distance equal to ten metres. ...

Legend has it that it sprung forth when the Hindu god Ram, the exiled hero of the epic Ramayana stopped at the spot five thousand years ago, in search of his kidnapped wife Sita. Overcome with fatigue and thirst, he asked his brother Laxman to bring him some water. Laxman instantly shot an arrow into the ground, and water gushed forth from a tributary of the Ganga, which flows over a thousand miles away. A Hindu (also spelt Hindoo) is an adherent of philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, also known as Sanatan (सनातन) Dharma, the predominant religious, philosophical and cultural systems of Bharat (India) and Nepal and the island of Bali While almost all Indians were known as Hindus to the outside world till the... Lord Rama (center) with wife Sita, brother Lakshmana and devotee Hanuman. ... The Ramayana (Sanskrit: march or journey (ayana) of Ram) is part of the Hindu smriti, written by Valmiki. ... SITA (originally an acronym for Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques) is a multinational information technology company specialising in providing IT services to the aviation industry. ... Laxman could refer to Indian batsman V. V. S. Laxman Indian cartoonist R.K. Laxman Lakshmana from the Indian epic Ramayana This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

The tank today is a rectangular pool structure surrounded by steps on all four sides. At the entrance are two pillars in which diyas or oil lamps used to be lit in ancient times. On the western flank of the tank is an ancient temple built of by the Silhara kings.