This is one of the most sacred springs in the world situated in Mexico. Its steep walls go up to around 60 feet above the water surface and are made of beautiful limestone. The spring was mainly used for spiritual sacrifices of men, women and children who were thrown in it during the time of draught to satisfy the water deities.
The Sacred Cenote (Spanish: cenote sagrado, "sacred well"; alternatively known as the "Well of Sacrifice") refers to a noted cenote at the pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site of Chichen Itza, in the northern Yucatán Peninsula. It is located to the north of Chichen Itza's civic precinct, to which it is connected by a 300-metre (980 ft) sacbe, or raised and paved pathway.
According to post-Conquest sources (Maya and Spanish), pre-Columbian Maya sacrificed objects and human beings into the cenote as a form of worship to the Maya rain god Chaac. Edward Herbert Thompson dredged the Cenote Sagrado from 1904 to 1910, and recovered artifacts of gold, jade,pottery, and incense, as well as human remains. A study of human remains taken from the Cenote Sagrado found that they had wounds consistent with human sacrifice.
Located near the major Mayan archaeological site Chichen Itza in the Yucatan Peninsula, Cenote Sagrado is created from the natural limestone cave, with steep sides stretching about 60 feet above the water. It is one of the most sacred springs in the earth. This sacred sinkhole plunges nearly 200 feet into the ground to reveal steep walls and water, thought by the Mayans to have been provided by Chac, the god of rain. The Mayans revered this all-important element that survival depends upon. To appease the rain gods, Mayans would throw gold offerings and human sacrifices into the ceremonial plunging pit.