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Kankaria
Lake is
the
second
largest
lake
in Ahmedabad, Gujarat,
India.
It
is
located
in
the
south-eastern
part
of
the
city,
in
the Maninagar area.
It
was
completed
in
1451
during
the
reign
of
Sultan
Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad
Shah
II though
its
origin
is
placed
in
the Chaulukya period
sometimes.
A
lakefront
is
developed
around
it,
which
has
many
public
attractions
such
as
a
zoo,
toy
train,
kids
city,
tethered
balloon
ride,
water
rides,
water
park,
food
stalls,
and
entertainment
facilities.
The
lakefront
was
revamped
in
2007–2008.
Kankaria
Carnival
is
a
week-long
festival
held
here
in
the
last
week
of
December.
Many
cultural,
art,
and
social
activities
are
organised
during
the
carnival.[1]
Kankaria
Lake
Kankaria
Lake
during
the
Kankaria
Carnival
in
Ahmedabad


Kankaria
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LocationManinagar, Ahmedabad, GujaratCoordinates23.006°N
72.6011°ELake
typeArtificial
lakePrimary
inflowsStorm
waterCatchment
area640,000 m2 (6,900,000 sq ft)Basin countriesIndiaMax.
length560 m
(1,840 ft)Max.
width560 m
(1,840 ft)Surface
area76
acres
(31 ha)Average
depth6 m
(20 ft)Max.
depth7 m
(23 ft)Shore
length12.25 km
(1.40 mi)IslandsNagina
wadiSettlementsAhmedabad1 Shore
length
is not
a
well-defined
measure.
EtymologyEdit
Several
stories
are
told
for
its
name
Kankaria.
One
reason
said
is
that
it
was
named
this
due
to
large
quantities
of limestone (kankar in Gujarati)
dug
out
of
it
during
excavation.
Another
story
narrates
that
the Sultan
Qutb-ud-Din asked
the
saint Shah
Alam to
select
the
site
for
the
tank
and
the
garden.
The
saint
scattered
some
pebbles
at
the
site
which
was
excavated
and
the
lake
was
built.
Thus
it
was
named
Kankaria.
Another
story
says
the
saint
Hazrat-i-Shah
Alam
cut
his
foot
on
a
pebble
while
passing
through
excavation
and
exclaimed,
"What
a
pebble!"
So
it
was
named
Kankaria
(pebbly).
It
was
mentioned
as Hauz-e-Qutb (the
tank
of
Qutb)
after
the Sultan Qutb-ud-Din
in
the
inscription
at
Kankaria.[2]
HistoryEdit

Map
of
Kankaria
lake
and
its
amenities.
There
are
various
versions
of
its
origin.
According
to
the
14th-century
chronicler Merutunga, Chaulukya ruler Karna built
a
temple
dedicated
to
the
goddess
Kochharba
at Ashapalli after
defeating
the Bhil chief
Asha.
He
also
established
the
Karnavati
city
nearby,
where
he
commissioned
the
Karneshvara/Karnamukteshwara
and
Jayantidevi
temples.
He
also
built
the
Karnasagara
tank
at
Karnavati
next
to
Karneshvara
temple.
Karnavati
is
identified
with
modern
Ahmedabad
and
Karnasagar
tank
is
identified
with
Kankaria
lake
but
this
identification
is
not
certain.[3][4]
The
construction
of
the
lake
started
by Sultan Muizz-ud-Din Muhammad
Shah
II in
the 15th
century.
The
inscription
at
the
lake
mentions
that
it
was
completed
during
the
reign
of
Sultan
Qutb-ud-Din Ahmad
Shah
II in 1451.
According
to
this
inscription,
its
name
is
placed
as
"Hauj-e-Qutb"
(Pond
of
Qutb)
after
him.[2][5]
Throughout
the
period
of
the Gujarat
Sultanate and of
Mughal
rule,
the
Kankaria
lake
with
its Nagina
Bagh were
the
favourite
leisure
place
of
rulers
and
the
people
and
it
were
among
the
tourist
sights
of
Ahmedabad
ever
since.
The
European
travellers
of
the 17th
century, Pietro
Della
Valle (1623), Johan
Albrecht
de
Mandelslo (1638), Jean
de
Thévenot (1666),
all
had
visited
the
lake
gave
its
accounts. Mandelslo who
visited
Gujarat
during
the
reign
of Mughal
Emperor Shah
Jahan wrote
in 1638,[2]
I
went
thence
along
a
Sone
Bridge,
which
is
four
hundred
paces
in
length,
to
another
Garden
called Niccinabag (Nagina
Baug),
that
is
to
say,
the
Jewel,
and
they
say
it
was
planted
by
a
beautiful
and
rich
young
lady.
The
garden
is
not
very
great,
no
more
than
the
house
within
it;
but
both
are
very
advantageously
seated
in
a
place
high
enough
to
discover
all
the
adjacent
champion,
and,
upon
the
avenues
of
the
Bridge,
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