Lake Pichola

Lake Pichola

Lake Pichola is a lake situated in Udaipur city in Indian state of Rajasthan.

Lake Pichola is one of the most fascinating lakes, which has two islands, Jag Niwas and the Jag Mandir. This beautiful shimmering lake is 4 km long and 3 km wide, originally built by Maharana Udai Singh II after he discovered the jewel of Rajasthan “Udaipur”. There are many ghats, like the bathing and washing ghats, which can be approached through boats from the City Palace of Udaipur (Bansi Ghat). In the heart of lake, most delicate world marvel is built the Lake Palace which is now converted into a heritage palace hotel. This captivating palace hotel is considered to be 3 decades old in the history of Udaipur. The Lake remains fairly shallow, at the time of heavy rains, and gets dry easily at the time of severe drought.

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* [http://udaipur.nic.in/lake.htm]
* [http://www.rajasthantourism.gov.in/destinations/udaipur/udaipursiteseeing-lakepichola.htm]


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