Place · Vijayanagara stepped sacred tank · India
Pushkarni (Stepped Tank), Hampi
Also known as Royal Pushkarini, Stepped Tank
The Pushkarni — a stepped sacred tank in the Royal Enclosure at Hampi, 22 metres square and 7 metres deep, built from black chlorite schist slabs set in five receding tiers of symmetrical steps and corner stair-landings. Found covered in silt during the 1980 ASI excavations; the stones carry masons' marks that identify the quarry near Mallapanagudi, 15 km north. The tank fed into a 15th-century aqueduct that brought Tungabhadra water to the Royal Centre. One of the most mathematically precise surviving step-wells in southern India.
- Date
- 1400–1500
- Periods
- Vijayanagara
- Function
- Water & infrastructure
- Patron dynasty
- Vijayanagara
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 15.336, 76.468
Connections (1)
- Site withinHampi / Vijayanagara
The Royal Centre Pushkarni sits inside the Royal Enclosure at Hampi — a precise 22-metre square stepped tank in five receding tiers of black chlorite schist, fed by the 15th-century Tungabhadra aqueduct that watered the central ceremonial precinct.