Suryakund
- Location
- Tamil Nadu, India
- Water type
- sulfurous
- Temperature
- 35 °C
- pH
- 7.5
Water profile
Soothing — neither hot nor cold, perfect balance.
Rich in active gases or metals — a strong mineral character.
Soft water — natural, classic buoyancy.
Suryakund (Surajkund) hot spring in the Hazaribagh District of Jharkhand, India, is a sulfurous spring whose name ('Sun Pool') reflects the ancient Hindu association of thermal springs with solar energy and the purifying power of the sun in Indian sacred geography. The spring is situated in Jharkhand's Chotanagpur Plateau, a region of extraordinary mineral wealth — Jharkhand contains India's richest deposits of coal, iron ore, copper, and uranium — and the geothermal activity reflects the region's deep geological complexity. Suryakund's springs are used by local tribal and Hindu communities for ritual bathing and therapeutic purposes, embedded in a tradition that integrates geothermal resources into the sacred landscape of India's central mineral plateau.