Ana Sagar Lake is an artificial lake situated in the city of

Ajmer Ajmer is one of the major and oldest cities in the Indian state of Rajasthan and the centre of the eponymous Ajmer District. It is located at the centre of Rajasthan. It is also known as heart of Rajasthan. The city was established as "' ...

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state in

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. It was built by

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(alias Ana), the grandfather of

Prithviraj Chauhan Prithviraja III ( IAST: Pṛthvī-rāja; reign. – 1192 CE), popularly known as Prithviraj Chauhan or Rai Pithora, was a king from the Chauhan (Chahamana) dynasty who ruled the territory of Sapadalaksha, with his capital at Ajmer in presen ...

, in 1135 -1150 AD and is named after him. The catchments were built with the help of local populace. The lake is spread over .

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.

Details

There is a Circuit house on a hill near the lake that used to be British 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 ( built up area). The maximum depth of lake is with storage capacity of . The

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has banned construction in the catchment areas of the lake basins.

Rishi Udyan

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Volume 54, Page 593. 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

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, 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,

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memorisation competition, yajna, and Dhavaja Rohan flag march.Rishi Dayanand mela start in Ajmer Arya scholors in Ajmer

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, 20 November 2015. 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.

Gallery

File:Anasagar-baradari as seen from circuit house.jpg, '' Baradari'' (pavilions) on Lake Anasagar File:Anna sarobar-2-ajmir.jpg, ARV Group's island; the only island in the lake File:Ana Sagar pavilion columns 2016.jpg, Details of the columns of the pavilion File:Anasagar Lake in Ajmer.JPG,

city as seen from the lake

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