Kushawarta Kund in Trimbakeshwar Nashik

Kushawarta Kund is the point of Godavari River beginning, Kushavarta Kund is a holy bathing place that is close to the Trimbakeshwar place of worship. Taking a holy swim in the Kushavarta kund as traditional stories says it can spread off sin. Covered concretes on the boundaries of the pond were built by Shreemant Rao Sahib Parnekar. It has six places with corners, which gives this place additional name - Teerthraj. And on every place in the  corner, there is a temple. Temple of Kedareshwar Mahadev is on the Southeast corner. To the southwest is Sakshi Vinayak. Close to it is Kusheshwar Mahadev. Also, here one can see a Godavari Temple.

The  work  of  building  the  current main temple of Trimbakeshwar, fabricated with black basalt, was inaugurated by Shrimant Balaji Bajirao, the Nanasahib Peshawe, in 1755 and was finished in 1786, at a cost of 16 lacs. The Shiva deity mounted in the temple at that time was ornamented with a world famed gem – the Nassak diamond. The stone was taken by the British during the 3rd Anglo-Maratha war, and is presently in the hands of a U.S. businessman.

 THINGS TO DO IN AROUND

On every corner of Kushavarta Kund, one can discover worth stay temples like Ganga Mandir, Jwareshwar Mahadev, and Kancheshwar. Don't forget to see the statues of 30 divinities counting of Dash Avatar. As per one the mythological histories, all these gods were ordered by Lord Shiva to holiday here during the dated of Simhastha Parva so as to deal out off their immoralities