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 .

History

Mughal Emperor

Jahangir Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim (30 August 1569 – 28 October 1627), known by his imperial name Jahangir (; ), was the fourth Mughal Emperor, who ruled from 1605 until he died in 1627. He was named after the Indian Sufi saint, Salim Chishti. Ear ...

constructed Daulat Bagh garden beside the lake.

Shah Jahan Shihab-ud-Din Muhammad Khurram (5 January 1592 – 22 January 1666), better known by his regnal name Shah Jahan I (; ), was the fifth emperor of the Mughal Empire, reigning from January 1628 until July 1658. Under his emperorship, the Mugha ...

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 Rajasthan High Court has banned construction in the catchment areas of the lake basins.

Rishi Udyan

Dayananda Saraswati Dayanand Saraswati () (born Mool Shankar Tiwari; 2 February 1824 – 30 October 1883) also known as Maharshi Dayanand is an Indian philosopher, social leader and founder of the Arya Samaj, a Hindu reform movement. His Magnum Opus is the bo ...

, who breathed his last at ''Bhinai Kothi'' near Ajmer, his ashes were scattered at Ajmer in ''Rishi Udyan'' as per his wishes,Ramananda Chatterjee, 1933
The Modern Review
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 Arya Samaj ( hi, आर्य समाज, lit=Noble Society, ) is a monotheistic Indian Hindu reform movement that promotes values and practices based on the belief in the infallible authority of the Vedas. The samaj was founded by the sanny ...

temple with daily morning and evening yajna

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, where an annual 3 day ''Aruasamaj

melā Mela ( sa, मेला) is a Sanskrit word meaning "gathering" or "to meet" or a "fair". It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gatherings and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sport-related. In rural traditions melas o ...

'' 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.Rishi Dayanand mela start in Ajmer Arya scholors in Ajmer
Rajasthan Patrika, 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, Ajmer city as seen from the lake

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