Caption Lake Pichola Udaipur Rajasthan India.
Udaipur Rajasthan is a place of great importance in world tourism. With being the most popular among tourists, it attracts tourists with its majestic buildings, amazing architecture, beautiful man-made lakes, culture, traditional food and colorful costumes etc. Lake Pichola is one of the major attraction.
It was built by gypsies in 1362 during the reign of Maharana Lakha. It’s a fresh water artificial lake having an area of about 12 square kilometres with varying depths. Aravalli mountain range feed the Lake through a stream during rain, situated close to the village Picholi.
Lake Pichola attracted Maharana Udai Singh by its charming and fascinating beauty, and he established the city of Udaipur. It was enlarged by a stone masonry dam construction. Several ornamental arch bridges were built to span the waterway between the banks.
Lake’s surroundings and small Islands within the lakes were developed and several bathing ghats, palaces, marble temples, family mansions etc like Lake Palace, Jag Mandir, Mohan Mandir etc including a bird sanctuary were built on Islands and the major tourist attraction City Palace is situated at Bansi Ghat on a hillock. Tourists can enjoy the cruise and boating in the lake. Sunset remain very spectacular attraction amidst the scenic beauty. For royal guests staying in the Royal Palaces which are renowned heritage hotels a private jetty at Bansi Ghat is located. Maharana Udai Singh and Maharana Jagat Singh paid special attention towards the beautification of this lake. This beautiful Lake attracts lot of tourists and visitors every day. Even it attracts the film makers. Udaipur Lake Conservation authority is taking care of this superb lake.
Doodh Talai, Karni Mata Rope way and Manikya Lal Verma Park are in the close proximity to enjoy the Udaipur. It’s a major attraction among the history buffs wanderers soulseekers heritage and nature lovers including the bird watchers. Boating is affordable and at the jetty there are numerous restaurants and stalls are taking care of the food and beverages needs of tourists having various tastes.
