Bhojtal
If you have ever been to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India you must have seen the Upper lake. If not then Shame on you!! I first got a chance to enjoy the scenic beauty and panorama of the lake a year ago when i was in Bhopal. Standing at its "shores" you might only get a glimpse if its beauty. One can feel the true beauty of the place when you have charted a boat and move to the centre of like. The busy City of Bhopal, Capital of Madhya Pradesh stands tall on all sides of the lake being built around it. Though all ends of the lake are not within our eyes visible range when we stand at one of its ends... Such is the Mightiness of the lake.
Welcome to the city of lakes. Says the majestic glowing sign day and night.
As taken from the internet: According to the local folklore, Bhojtal is said to have been built by the Parmar Raja Bhoj during his tenure as a king of Malwa (1005–1055). He is also said to have established the city of Bhopal (also named after him, then as Bhojpal) to secure the eastern frontier of his kingdom. There is a legend why they built the lake. Once king Bhoj suffered from skin disease and all Vaidyas (Doctor in English) failed to cure him. Then, one day a saint told the king to build a tank to combine 365 tributaries and then have a bath in it to wipe out the skin disease. Bhoj called upon his engineers to build up a huge tank. They spotted a place near river Betwa, which was 32 km away from Bhopal. It was found that it has only 359 tributaries. A Gond Commander Kalia fulfilled this shortage. He then gave the address of an invisible river. After merging the tributaries of this river the number 365 was completed.
The lake was created by constructing an earthen dam across the Kolans River. An eleven gate dam called the Bhadbhada dam was constructed at Bhadbhada in 1965 at the southeast corner of the Lake, and now controls the outflow to the river Kaliasote.
Bhojtal or Upper lake is the pride of Bhopal with is uncompareable beauty and significant history.
These are some picture taken by myself using only my Phone. No DSLR to make it look artistically beautiful. Theses are plain images of pure beauty.
Hope you enjoy!
See you soon.
If you have ever been to Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India you must have seen the Upper lake. If not then Shame on you!! I first got a chance to enjoy the scenic beauty and panorama of the lake a year ago when i was in Bhopal. Standing at its "shores" you might only get a glimpse if its beauty. One can feel the true beauty of the place when you have charted a boat and move to the centre of like. The busy City of Bhopal, Capital of Madhya Pradesh stands tall on all sides of the lake being built around it. Though all ends of the lake are not within our eyes visible range when we stand at one of its ends... Such is the Mightiness of the lake.
As taken from the internet: According to the local folklore, Bhojtal is said to have been built by the Parmar Raja Bhoj during his tenure as a king of Malwa (1005–1055). He is also said to have established the city of Bhopal (also named after him, then as Bhojpal) to secure the eastern frontier of his kingdom. There is a legend why they built the lake. Once king Bhoj suffered from skin disease and all Vaidyas (Doctor in English) failed to cure him. Then, one day a saint told the king to build a tank to combine 365 tributaries and then have a bath in it to wipe out the skin disease. Bhoj called upon his engineers to build up a huge tank. They spotted a place near river Betwa, which was 32 km away from Bhopal. It was found that it has only 359 tributaries. A Gond Commander Kalia fulfilled this shortage. He then gave the address of an invisible river. After merging the tributaries of this river the number 365 was completed.
The lake was created by constructing an earthen dam across the Kolans River. An eleven gate dam called the Bhadbhada dam was constructed at Bhadbhada in 1965 at the southeast corner of the Lake, and now controls the outflow to the river Kaliasote.
Bhojtal or Upper lake is the pride of Bhopal with is uncompareable beauty and significant history.
These are some picture taken by myself using only my Phone. No DSLR to make it look artistically beautiful. Theses are plain images of pure beauty.
Hope you enjoy!
See you soon.
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