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Coordinates: 24°35′46″N 72°42′11″E / 24.596140°N 72.703066°E

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Nakki Lake

Nakki Lake
Location	Mount Abu, Rajasthan
Coordinates	24°35′46″N 72°42′11″E / 24.596140°N 72.703066°E / 24.596140; 72.703066
Basin countries	India

Max. depth	114 ft (35 m)

Nakki Lake is a lake situated in the Indian hill station of Mount Abu in Aravalli range.

Geography

The lake is in length of about a half mile and in width about of a quarter of mile and 2000 to 3000 mt. deep towards the dam on the west. It is an important tourist attraction of Mount Abu. There is the Toad Rock on a hill near the lake. Toad rock is so called as it looks like a toad about to jump into the lake, from the side of the rock facing the lake. There are two ways to go up and down the rock; to climb the rocky hill side or to use the steps leading down to Nakki Lake. By the side of the lake there is a path leading to Sunset Point. It is forbidden to climb to Sunset Point due to wild animals such as bears and leopards roaming around the path to Sunset Point. Raghunath Temple and Maharaja Jaipur Palace are also on hills near the Lake. Boating in the lake and horse rides around the lake are available.

Mahatma Gandhi's ashes were immersed in this holy lake on 12 February 1948 and Gandhi Ghat was constructed.

Panoramic view of Lake

Toad rock and the Maharaja's palace can be seen in the background of the Nakki Lake.
Boating facility for Tourists.
Nakki Lake fountains in the evening.

In Art and Literature

In Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839 is a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon to an engraving of a painting by H. Melville Hindoo Temples on the Mountain-Lake of Aboo. ^[1]

List of lakes in India

List of lakes in India

References

^ Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1838). "picture". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839. Fisher, Son & Co.Landon, Letitia Elizabeth (1838). "poetical illustration". Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1839. Fisher, Son & Co.

External links

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article "Abu".

Media related to Nakki Lake at Wikimedia Commons
Panorama of Nakki Lake, Mount Abu

v t e 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 Sukli 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 Swaroop Sagar Lake Talwara Lake Udaisagar Lake Lake Badi Nandeshwar Lake Doodh Talai Lake
Dams	Bisalpur Jakham Jawahar Sagar Jawai Kota Barrage Rana Pratap Sagar Ummed Sagar
Canals	Agra Canal Gang Canal Indira Gandhi Canal Narmada Canal

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