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Gujarat Kankaria Lake
Kankaria Lake is one of the most beautiful lakes which are situated in the Ahmedabad city of the Gujarat in India. It has wide range of the public attraction place like Zoo, toy train, kids city, water ride, water park, food stall and many other entertainment facility. The visitor can enjoy the carnival near this lake which is organised in the month of the December. Various types of the cultural, art and the social activities are organised here. This lake is situated in the southern part of the city.
The History
The Kanakaria lake was built in the 15 the century. And it was built by the Sultan kutubuddin. The work of the lake was accomplished in the 1451 CE and it was very well known by the name Qutub Hojj or Hauj-e-Kutub. In ancient time this lake was used for the bath purpose by the king. This lake was having the water purification system. In older time this lake was having the walkway but at present it gets merged with Nagina Wadi garden. This lake is the symbol of the history of the Ahmedabad.
The Attraction
The Kankaria lake has many beautiful attraction like Kanakaria Zoo, Balatika, Kids City, toy train, Ballon Safari, angina wadi, Stone mural park, and other exciting place. Kankaria Zoo was built by Rueben David in the year 1951 CE and it is spread over in the 21 acres of the land. It is one of the best zoo in whole Asia. The visitor can find the treasure of the wild animal as for instances tiger, lion, python, anaconda, snakes, elephants, white spotted dear. This zoo is also treasure of pythons, crocodile, wild asses and the bearcats.
Balavtika Children Park is also near the lake. And it is named after the Jawaharlal Nehru . the kids and the children will have the lot of fun as it have the boat house, playroom, butterfly, planetarium, toy house, and the weapon display. Kids city is also one of the attraction of the Kanakarian Lake . it slike a small world for the kids. It is spread over an area of 4240 square metre and it is having 18 activity point including bank, fire station, dental and the medical treatment, police station, court room, IT centre, ice cream factory, news room. The visitor will feel unique experience after visitiong this place which is equipped with all the facility and the most entertaining place. The tethered balloon trip which is set up near the Kanakarian Lake is spread over 3000 squre yard. And this balloon complex is divided into heritage exhibit, restaurant, tethered balloon, and an exhibition.
The Kanakaria lake has the island in the center. This island center has small summer palace and music fountain. The food stall is there for visitors to have the dinner and breakfast. India biggest stone Mural park is situated on the the side wall of the park. It has the 3150 square feet mural covering and it is the world largest mural.
The Experience And How To Reach
Kanakaria Lake is one of the place where the tourist can spend their vacation with great joy in the relaxed ambience as there are so many attraction point. The kids will really enjoy the place and it will be a memorable day after the trip of Kanakaria Lake. It is in the lap of the nature so the visitors who want to relax in lap of nature come to visit the Kanakria Palce. To avail train is also one of the centre of the Kanakaria lake. The train name is Atal Express and it named after the Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This train was imported from London. It is the attraction of the million visitors. People can reach through buses or can hire.
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