Abstract:
Bhubaneswar, the temple city of Orissa, has about 500 and odd temples confined mostly to old town areas. For different rituals to be performed daily each temples has one or more water tanks nearby. Some are quite small but others represent huge expanse of fresh water. These lakes and water bodies are related to religious sentiments. The water samples were collected from seven important lakes or water bodies of Bhubaneswar and were analyzed. From the data of analysis it is concluded that the water quality of all these ponds are nearer to class B water quality as per IS: 2296-1982.
