The Jal Mahal, or Water Palace, is situated in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake within the city. Within, the tourist wanders along richly decorated hallways and chambers, each replete with items of antiquity, to the Chameli Bagh, a richly fragrant rooftop bower meant for the royal ladies to take their ease while admiring the vista of the lake in the foreground and the Aravalli hills in the backdrop. Much effort has gone into the renovation of ...
more The Jal Mahal, or Water Palace, is situated in the middle of the Man Sagar Lake within the city. Within, the tourist wanders along richly decorated hallways and chambers, each replete with items of antiquity, to the Chameli Bagh, a richly fragrant rooftop bower meant for the royal ladies to take their ease while admiring the vista of the lake in the foreground and the Aravalli hills in the backdrop. Much effort has gone into the renovation of this structure, including the diverting of drains dumping used water from the city, the dredging and removing of millions of tonnes of toxic waste, and the introduction of a special water treatment system to keep the waters pristine. With this renovation and the regeneration of the surrounding wetlands, this region has in contemporary times become a haunt of bird watchers who go there to observe migratory patterns of a vast variety of birds.
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