Jai Samand Lake Travel Guide

Jaisamand Lake, famous by the name of Dhebar lake, is the second largest artificial lake in Asia. Expand over the area of 50 sq. km when full, Jaisamand lake of Udaipur was created by Rana Jai Singh in the 17th century. He constructed a marble dam across the Gomati river. This lake is surrounded by Jaisamand Wildlife Sanctuary which preserves around 162 sq. km of forested land. Jaisamand lake also has 3 islands which are inhabited by the tribes of Bhil Minas. Two big islands combined called "Baba ka Magra" and another small one "Piari". Nicknamed as ‘Ocean of Victory’ (‘mand’ meaning ‘ocean’), Jaisamand lake remained one of the largest lakes in the world until the building of the Aswan dam in Egypt by the British in 1902.

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