{"id":31327,"date":"2026-07-19T14:24:40","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T08:54:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31327"},"modified":"2026-07-19T17:05:05","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:35:05","slug":"ana-sagar-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ana-sagar-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Ana Sagar Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ana Sagar Lake Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large number of fish have perished in Rajasthan&#8217;s historic Ana Sagar, the lake located in the heart of Ajmer city, in the past few days. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ana Sagar Lake<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>artificial lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in<\/span><b> Ajmer, Rajasthan.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was built by<\/span><b> raising a dam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the<\/span><b> Luni or Lavanavari River.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>built by Arnoraja Chauhan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>grandfather of <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/prithviraj-chauhan\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prithviraj Chauhan<\/a>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>1135\u20131150 AD<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and was <\/span><b>named after him.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nestled in the<\/span><b> Aravalli hill<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>s<\/strong>, it is spread over 13 km. The lake gets dry every summer.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> arresting Pavilions,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or &#8220;<\/span><b>Baradari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; that are nearby the lake were constructed in <\/span><b>1637<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the Mughal emperor <\/span><b>Shahjahan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Baradari is essentially a marble stone pavilion.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>&#8220;Daulat Bagh Gardens&#8221;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that surrounds the lake were established by <\/span><b>Mughal sovereign Jehangir.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an <\/span><b>island in the center<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the lake, which is accessible by boat.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> circuit residence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that&#8217;s placed on the<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hilltop in the vicinity of the lake<\/span><b> once served as the British Residency.\u00a0 <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/bharat\/lakhs-of-fishes-perish-in-ana-sagar-lake-of-ajmer-enn26071802647\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETVB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ana Sagar Lake is a historic artificial lake in Ajmer, built by Arnoraja Chauhan and later adorned with Shah Jahan&#8217;s Baradari. 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