Ana Sagar Lake

Ana Sagar Lake
Location	Ajmer, Rajasthan
Coordinates	26°28′30″N 74°37′30″E / 26.475°N 74.625°E / 26.475; 74.625Coordinates: 26°28′30″N 74°37′30″E / 26.475°N 74.625°E / 26.475; 74.625
Basin countries	India

The Anasāgar Lake.

Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake situated in the city of Ajmer in Rajasthan state in India. It was built by Anaji tomar(anangpal tomar), the grandfather of Prithvi Raj 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 Kilometers. The Baradari or pavilions were built by Shahjahan in 1637 and Daulat Bagh Gardens by Jehangir. There is a Circuit house on a hill near the lake that used to be British Residency. 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 Dault Bagh. There are Chowaptty 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 square km built up area). The maximum depth of lake is 4.4 m with storage capacity of 4.75 million cubic meter. The Rajasthan High Court has banned construction in the catchment areas of the lake basins. This is one of the most beautiful lakes in India .

Legend of Auliya Moinuddin Chisti When the Muslim saint Moinuddin Chisti arrived in Ajmer, he and his followers were banned from using water from Ana Sagar. He requested to get a cup of water that was granted. When the cup was filled the water of the lake got dried up miraculously. People requested to return the water, the saint gracefully did so. Since then Moinuddin Chisty got multitude of followers.

List of Lake In India

List of lakes in India

References

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Hydrography of Rajasthan

Rivers	Ahar Arvari Banas Bandi Berach Chambal Dai Dheel Gambhir Ghaggar-Hakra Gomati Guhiya Jawai Kali Sindh Kalisil Kothari Luni Mahi Mej Menali Mithari Morel Parbati Sabarmati Sukali Sukri West Banas

Lakes	Ana Sagar Lake Balsamand Lake Dhebar Lake Fateh Sagar Lake Lake Foy Sagar Kaylana Lake Nakki Lake Pachpadra Lake Lake Pichola Pushkar Lake Rajsamand Lake Ramgarh Lake Sambhar Salt Lake Talwara Lake Udaisagar Lake

Dams	Bisalpur Jakham Jawahar Sagar Jawai Kota Barrage Rana Pratap Sagar Ummed Sagar

Canals	Agra Canal Ganges Canal (Rajasthan) Indira Gandhi Canal

Hydrography of surrounding areas	Gujarat Madhya Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Haryana Punjab, India Pakistan

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