Thursday, March 24, 2011

The lakes of Udaipur.

The city of Lakes is what our city  Udaipur is called as there are lots of lakes which are more of a center of attraction for the people who visit the city.Island parks are also famous here like nehru island park in the middle of lake fatehsagar,the Jag Mandir Island in between Pichola lake from where prince khurram later Sahajahan got inspired for his most famous Taj Mahal and the most beautiful Lake palace in the middle of Pichola lake .
                                                                          
Pichola lake is one of the most beautiful and picturesque .It is the oldest and one of the largest lake of Udaipur.In the year 1362 ,when Maharana Lakha was the ruler of Mewar ,Pichhu Banjara built this beautiful lake .                                                     Jaisamand Lake Photo - alwar                  


Jaisamand lake is renowned for being the second largest artificial lake in Asia.at a distance of 48 kilometers from the city .It is also known as Dhebar .It was Maharana Jai Singh ,who while making a dam on river Gomti built this lake in the year 1685.
                                                                                                     

Rajsamand lake situated 66 kilometer north of Udaipur .the lake lies between rajnagar and Kankaroli famous for its temple of lord Dwarkadheesh incarnation of lord Vishnu.  also known as lake Rajsamudra was built by Maharana Raj Singh in the year 1660.
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Udaisagar lake is a striking lake located at a distance of 13 kilometer east of the city .the construction of this lake was started in the year 1559 by Maharana Udai Singh the founder of The Udaipur this lake was completed in 1565.

                       
Fatehsagar Lake is located in the north of lake Pichola,this lake lies just besides the enterance to Moti Magri hill built in 1678 by Maharana Jai Singh ,Fatehsagar got its name from Maharana Fateh Singh who later made additions in it.The famous Solar Observatory is also situated in between this lake.
                                               
Swaroopsagar Lake is a small artificial lake built by Maharana Swaroop singh .It is also known as Kumharia Talab .Located behind the famous Jagdeesh temple this lake was built to provide drinking water to the city.lake Swaroopsagar also act as link between lake Pichola and Lake Fatehsagar.

      

Jiyansagar Lake another striking lake located at badi village built by Maharana Raj singh ,it was built to deal the famine problem in the area This lake was named after "Jana" the mother of Raj singh.It sprawls in an area of 155sq kilometers .
Each of these lakes are adorned with artistic kiosk (chattris) which make them artistic and adds to their beauty.