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Believed to have been a place of bathing and worship well before 1000 CE, and possibly a site of sun and naga worship before Shiva and Vishnu became the dominant deities of Kashi.
The name means 'trembling sun', for the wavering reflection of Surya on the water. The Kashi Khanda of the Skanda Purana relates that Shiva sent Surya to Kashi; captivated by the city, Surya divided himself into twelve Adityas, of which Lolark is held the foremost. A separate local tradition holds the kund was formed by a meteor strike deep enough to reach groundwater.
A rectangular sunken stepwell about 23 by 15 metres, reached by steep flights of steps on three sides, with an arched retaining wall on the east aligned to the rising sun. It is treated as the principal seat of the Sun God in Kashi and as one of the oldest living places of pilgrimage in the city.