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Agastya lake

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... that a sacred lake is used to wash clothes?

Source: [1]

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Moved to mainspace by Earth605 (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has fewer than 5 past nominations.

Earth605^talk 18:52, 18 November 2025 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy compliance:

Adequate sourcing: - Sources like Makemytrip, traveltriangle.com, gosahin.com, etc.
Neutral:
Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:
Other problems: - Article is full of single-sentence paragraphs

Hook eligibility:

Cited: - The source provided is myholidayhappiness.com
Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: @Earth605: New enough, long enough. Neutral in tone. QPQ not required. Presentability is an issue since the article is filled with single-sentence paragraphs. Sourcing is also an issue. Since the lake was built in the early medieval period, and is surrounded by the Badami cave temples, it should have some mention in academic sources. AmateurHi$torian (talk) 09:06, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

The article states, "It is not known how was the lake built". However, this source states that "Bâdami is situated at the outlet between two rocky hills on its north and south-east sides, a dam to the east of the town between the bases of the hills forming a large tank for the supply of water to the town". So, it's quite clear how the lake was built. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 09:17, 19 November 2025 (UTC)

I have substituted unreliable refs, added your ref and provided a new ref for the hook. I have also fixed issues with presentation. @AmateurHi$torian: What do you think now? Earth605^talk 07:07, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Many unreliable sources still persist. These are:

1. yatrikaone.com

2. "Some Whispers from Eternity: Book on Evolution of Consciousness and Upliftment of Humanity Through OM Kriya Yoga" by Shomik Chaudhuri.

3. www.sterlingholidays.com

4. www.avathi.com

5. myholidayhappiness.com

Please do familiarize yourself with WP:RS (particularly WP:SOURCETYPES and WP:RSSELF). Since this article is about a lake built in the 7th century and surrounded by medieval temples, cave temples, and other historic buildings, the best sources for this topic would be published articles/books by historians/archaeologists. Other sources, such as news articles are also acceptable, especially for the part about recent flooding, which wouldn't appear in any history books, for example ("The Hindu" is considered very reliable, The Times of India less so but it depends on context).

The problem with the sources I've mentioned is that anyone can create a blog or write a book. That says nothing for the validity of these sources.

Furthermore, the Mahabharata does mention one Agastya's lake, but it is most likely not this one, since this one was built a few centuries after the compilation of the Mahabharata. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 11:14, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

There might be a local folk/mythological belief that this lake is the one mentioned in the Mahabharata, and that it was built by Agastya himself. That can be included in the article. But the problem is, there has to be a source for this. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 11:22, 21 November 2025 (UTC)

Not a DYK issue, but shouldn't the article be at Agastya Lake, with the L being capitalized? Narutolovehinata5 (talk · contributions) 11:59, 25 November 2025 (UTC)

@Earth605: Please address the above. And yes, this should be at Agastya Lake per MOS:GEOCAPS.--Laun chba ller 13:10, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

Moved. Thank! All issues have been solved. Can somebody give a tick? @Launchballer, Narutolovehinata5, and AmateurHi$torian:. Earth605^talk 15:03, 2 December 2025 (UTC)

@Earth605: Not quite. The issue remains that there's not a single reliable source which says that this Agastya lake is the Agastya's lake mentioned in the Mahabharata. -AmateurHi$torian (talk) 19:40, 2 December 2025 (UTC)