{"id":31669,"date":"2025-04-02T09:17:58","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T03:47:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=31669"},"modified":"2025-04-16T13:49:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T08:19:38","slug":"naini-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/naini-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Naini Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Naini Lake Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Naini Lake, one of Nainital\u2019s key attractions, recently recorded a water level of 4.7 feet \u2014 marking a five-year low.<\/p>\n<h2>About Naini Lake<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>natural freshwater lake <\/strong>of <strong>tectonic origin,<\/strong> located amidst <strong>Nainital city of Uttarakhand.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Discovered<\/strong> in the early<strong> 1800s by the British<\/strong>, the Naini Lake also <strong>finds mention in the Skanda Purana as Tri-Rishi-Sarovar.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The lake is in <strong>crescent or kidney shape,<\/strong> and has an outlet at the southeastern end.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It covers a perimeter of 2 miles with a depth from 6m to 28 m.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of the four lakes in the Kumaon hills<\/strong>, the three others being Sattal Lake, Bhimtal Lake, and Naukuchiyatal Lake.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balia Nala <\/strong>is the <strong>main feeder stream<\/strong> of the lake. Other than this, 26 major drains, including the three perennial ones, feed it.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mallital<\/strong> is the name of the <strong>lake\u2019s north end, <\/strong>while <strong>Tallital <\/strong>is the name of the <strong>southern one<\/strong>, which <strong>has a bridge with Gandhi\u2019s statue and a post office<\/strong> on its sides.\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>It is the <strong>world\u2019s only post office on a lake bridge.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Naini Lake FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the legend associated with Naini Lake?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. According to the legends, the lake was where the eyes (<i>nain<\/i>) of the Hindu goddess Sati fell when her distraught husband, Shiva, was carrying her charred body.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Which Hindu scripture mentions Naini Lake as &#8220;Tri-Rishi-Sarovar&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Skanda Purana<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which stream is the main feeder of Naini Lake?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Balia Nala<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-why-naini-lake-is-seeing-record-low-water-levels-this-year-9916944\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Naini Lake, a natural freshwater lake of tectonic origin, lies in the heart of Nainital, Uttarakhand, offering stunning views and a serene escape in the Himalayas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":31670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-31669","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}