Ana Sagar Lake

Ana Sagar Lake
The Anasāgar Lake
Ana Sagar Lake
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Location	Ajmer, Rajasthan, India
Coordinates	26.475°N 74.625°E / 26.475; 74.625
Basin countries	India
Max. depth	4.4 m (14 ft)
Water volume	4,750,000 m^3 (6,210,000 cu yd)

Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake situated in the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan state in India. It was built by Arnoraja (alias Ana), the grandfather of Prithviraj Chauhan, in 1135 -1150 AD and is named after him. The catchments were built with the help of local populace. The lake is spread over 13 km (8.1 mi).

History

Mughal Emperor Jahangir constructed Daulat Bagh garden beside the lake. Shah Jahan constructed five pavilions (known as Baradari) between the garden and the lake.[1]

Details

There is a Circuit house on a hill near the lake that used to be Lodha’s Residency. This is one of the main tourist attraction there. There is an island in the center of the lake which is accessible by boat. Boats could be hired from the east side of the Daulat Bagh. There are Chowpatty and Jetty walkway next to each other and Baradari to capture the scenic of the lake. The lake is the biggest one in Ajmer, with the maximum catchments area (5 km^2 (1.9 sq mi) built up area). The maximum depth of lake is 4.4 m (14 ft) with storage capacity of 4,750,000 m^3 (6,210,000 cu yd). The Rajasthan High Court has banned construction in the catchment areas of the lake basins.[2][3]

Rishi Udyan

Dayananda Saraswati, who breathed his last at Bhinai Kothi near Ajmer, his ashes were scattered at Ajmer in Rishi Udyan as per his wishes,[4] which is located on the bank of the Ana Sagar Lake and makes an excellent sunset point. Rishi Udyan has a functional Arya Samaj temple with daily morning and evening yajna homa, where an annual 3 day Aruasamaj melā is held every year on Rishi Dayanand's death anniversary at the end of October, which also entails vedic seminars, vedas memorisation competition, yajna, and Dhavaja Rohan flag march.[5] It is organised by the Paropkarini Sabha, which was founded by Swami Dayanand Saraswati on 16 August 1880 in Meerut, registered in Ajmer on 27 February 1883, and since 1893 has been operating from its office in Ajmer.[5]

Gallery

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  Baradari (pavilions) on Lake Anasagar
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  ARV Group's island; the only island in the lake
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  Details of the columns of the pavilion
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  Ajmer city as seen from the lake

See also

• List of lakes in India

References

1. "Rajasthan Geography". 17 January 2018.
2. Goyal, Anuradha. "Ana Sagar Lake". The Times of India. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
3. "Ana Sagar Lake Ajmer, Rajasthan". www.tourmyindia.com. Retrieved 18 December 2019.
4. Ramananda Chatterjee, 1933, The Modern Review, Volume 54, Page 593.
5. Rishi Dayanand mela start in Ajmer Arya scholors in Ajmer, Rajasthan Patrika, 20 November 2015.

External links

• rajasthantourism.gov.in