Fateh Sagar Lake city of Udaipur

Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in the city of Udaipur in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is an artificial lake named after Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur and Mewar, constructed north-west of Udaipur, to the north of Lake Pichola in the 1680s.

It is one of the four lakes of the Udaipur city; the other three being: the Lake Pichola (within the Udaipur town), Udai Sagar Lake, 13 kilometers (8.1 mi) to the east of Udaipur, and Dhebar Lake or Jaisamand Lake, 52 km (32 mi) southeast of Udaipur.

Within the confines of the Fatah Sagar Lake, there are three small islands; the largest of these is the Nehru Park (4 km² (1.5 sq mi) area), which is a popular tourist attraction, the second island (0.06 km² or 15 acres area) houses a public park with an impressive water-jet fountain, and the third island (1.2 km² area) is the address for the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO). The Nehru Park is accessible by inboard motor boats. The blue waters of the lake and the backdrop of the green mountains have given the soubriquet of ‘the second Kashmir’ to Udaipur.

History

In 1687, Maharana Jai Singh first constructed the lake but two hundred years later the earthen bund which formed the lake was washed away during floods, and thereafter Maharana Fateh Singh, in 1889, built the “Connaught Dam” on Lake Dewali to mark the visit of Duke of Connaught, son of Queen Victoria. The dam enlarged the lake, and it was later renamed Fateh Sagar Lake.

Festival

Every year a festival called the Hariyali Amavasya Mela (Green New Moon Fair) is organized at the lake precincts, in the month of Shravan (August/September).

Aquarium

Fateh Sagar also houses an aquarium known as ‘Under The Sun’. This aquarium, built under the Fatehsagar Paal, showcases over 200 species of fishes brought from 16 countries across the world.^[7] It was inaugurated on 21 October 2017.

Events

Fateh Sagar is a popular destination for organizing various national and international events. Recently, it was a venue for the first edition of India’s first World Music Festival, a two-day festival held on 13 and 14 February. Performances were made by artists and musicians from more than 12 countries, including Spain, Ghana, Venezuela, Italy, France as well as India.