Lake Pichola
The lake the whole city is arranged around.
- Where
- Udaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 24.5720, 73.6790
Get the Lake Pichola stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Pichola. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Rajasthan volume with your photos and a note.
Near Lake Pichola
Lake Palace 0.4 km
A marble palace that appears to float on Lake Pichola, built as a summer retreat in 1746 and a hotel since 1963.
Jag Mandir 0.5 km
An island palace where Shah Jahan sheltered as a rebel prince, and is said to have taken ideas he later used at Agra.
City Palace 0.6 km
Four hundred years of building by twenty two rulers, growing along a ridge above Lake Pichola without a single plan.
Sajjangarh Palace 1.0 km
The monsoon palace above the Aravalli lakes.
Udaipur 1.3 km
A city built around five lakes by a Maharana who had lost Chittor and wanted somewhere the Mughals could not reach.
Bharatiya Lok Kala Mandal 2.7 km
A folk museum in Udaipur with puppets, and a puppet show every afternoon.
Fateh Sagar Lake 3.2 km
The lake north of Pichola, rebuilt by Fateh Singh after a flood took the first dam.
Saheliyon ki Bari 3.5 km
Fountains that run without a pump.
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Questions
Where is Lake Pichola?
Lake Pichola is in Udaipur, Rajasthan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Lake Palace (0.4 km), Jag Mandir (0.5 km), City Palace (0.6 km).
How do I get the Lake Pichola stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Lake Pichola and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Rajasthan volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Lake Pichola before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Rajasthan volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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