Nawal Sagar Lake is a square-shaped lake right next to the old town, best seen from the Garh Palace and Taragarh slopes. From above, its still surface reflects the palace, fort walls and blue houses, creating the classic postcard view of Bundi. In the middle of the lake stands a partly submerged small temple dedicated to Varuna, god of water. Around the edge are ghats and houses, with narrow lanes leading into the bazaar. At sunrise or sunset the combination of golden light on the palace, blue town below and green hills around the lake makes this one of Rajasthan’s most photogenic small-city landscapes.
About this place
History & highlights
Nawal Sagar is an artificial lake, most likely created by Bundi rulers in the 17th–18th centuries as part of the town’s water harvesting and urban-planning system. Sources note that the lake collects rainwater from surrounding hills and feeds wells in the town through an interconnected network, ensuring a stable water supply. The small Varuna temple in the centre symbolically “anchors” the lake as a sacred water body and may have served both religious and practical (water-level marker) functions. In recent tourism narratives, Nawal Sagar is promoted as the best spot to see Bundi’s skyline and is central to walking-tour routes, but it also features in discussions about siltation, pollution and the need for lake desilting and ghat repair.
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