Chandubi Lake (Pron: ˌʧʌnˈdʊbɪ) is a natural lake located in

Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council The Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) was constituted by the Government of Assam in 1995. It was constituted for development in the areas of economic, educational, socio-cultural and ethnic identity of Rabha people residing in the counci ...

Kamrup District Kamrup Rural district, or simply Kamrup district (Pron: ˈkæmˌrəp or ˈkæmˌru:p), is an administrative districts of Assam, district in the state of Assam in India formed by dividing the Undivided Kamrup district, old Kamrup district into t ...

Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...

at a distance of from the city of

Guwahati Guwahati () the largest city of the Indian state of Assam, and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the seat of the Government of Assam. Th ...

and is accessible through National Highway 37. The lake is located at the foot of Garo Hills surrounded by Assam and

Meghalaya Meghalaya (; "the abode of clouds") is a states and union territories of India, state in northeast India. Its capital is Shillong. Meghalaya was formed on 21 January 1972 by carving out two districts from the Assam: the United Khasi Hills an ...

. The area is covered by deep forest, and dotted with small villages. It is a natural sightseeing and picnic spot. The lake attracts migratory birds during winter.

Geology

This lake was formed on 12 June 1897 in the evening by an

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that hit

. During that period the forest went down and became the lake.

Tourism

The lake's chief feature is the natural lagoon that has been formed in the lake. The lake offers fishing, and the administrators of the lake have provided facilities to go rowing in the lake waters. Chandubi Lake is a tourist destination, with some tourists visiting the lake during the Changdubi festival in first week of January. In this festival, local village people perform their traditional or cultural dance forms, and stalls offer local traditional food.

In Popular Culture

The

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Indian Hindi-language film Pepper Chicken was shot entirely in the jungles around this lake.

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Geology

Tourism

In Popular Culture

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