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'''Gourisagar Pukhuri''' or '''Gaurisagar Tank''' is an [[Lake|artificial lake]] in [[Sivasagar]], [[Sivasagar district]] in the state of [[Assam]] in India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Barkataki |first=S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jyE-AAAAMAAJ&q=Gaurisagar+Lake |title=Assam |date=1969 |publisher=National Book Trust, India |isbn=978-0-8426-1142-8 |language=en}}</ref> It is situated 12 km away from Sivasagar.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Sajnani |first=Manohar |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vdMNBxOsvrUC&dq=Gaurisagar+Lake&pg=PA11 |title=Encyclopaedia of Tourism Resources in India |date=2001 |publisher=Gyan Publishing House |isbn=978-81-7835-017-2 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
Gourisagar Pukhuri popularly known as ''Gourisagar Tank,''<ref>{{Cite book |last=Kar |first=Devashish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=usr2DwAAQBAJ&dq=Gaurisagar+Pukhuri&pg=PA45 |title=Community-Based Fisheries Management: A Global Perspective |date=2020-10-23 |publisher=Academic Press |isbn=978-0-12-823247-7 |language=en}}</ref> there are three temples on the north bank. DeviDoul, adorned with sandstone sculptures. In winter migratory birds visit the lake in large numbers.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gaurisagar Tank and Doul {{!}} Sivasagar {{!}} Government Of Assam, India |url=https://sivasagar.assam.gov.in/tourist-place-detail/333 |access-date=2023-10-30 |website=sivasagar.assam.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Gaurisagar Lake was constructed between 1715 and 1719 by Queen [[Phuleshwari|Phuleswari]], who was wife of King [[Sutanphaa|Siva Singha]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
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* [[List of lakes of Assam]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Lakes of Assam]]<br />
[[Category:Sivasagar district]]<br />
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