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Uttarakhand Bhimtal Lake
Bhimtal Lake is one of most beautiful creation of nature, located at the Bhimtal town, near to Nainital, Uttarakhand, India. This lake is popular due to its natural beauty and picturesque sighting of clear water as well as surrounding natural exquisiteness. This lake contains a diminutive island at its center, surrounded with hills. This lake just not gives a amusing looks to the sight but provides a sustaining efforts to the various types of aquatic existences. This lake is not just to catch the attraction of tourists but also plays significant role in providing stopover to Trans birds of Himalaya.
History
Bhimtal Lake in past times was not as famous as in present times because of its neighboring tourist town Nainital. Most of the tourists were just arrive to this part of Uttarakhand just for having pleasant experience of Nainital and the lake, famous for boating and its picturesque quality. Nainital was also full of every sort of amenities required to reside convenient, but as the time passes out, the lake of Nainital becomes more polluted and town got more crowded and grown further in revolting ways. This matter of facts has drawn attraction of tourists to other place nearby Nainital as a replacement or compensation of their tour. They started to visit Bhimtal and Bhimtal Lake, which is still very clear and away from crowd.
Attractions
This small town of bhimtal attracts most of the tourist towards itself because of this Bhimtal Lake. this lake has a various other aspects which are mostly concerned with tourist groups and visitors like the aquarium on the midst island of Bhimtal Lake, which previously was a renowned restaurants, gives the scene tic view of amazing aquatic creature a beauty. This town has named Bhimtal on the name of “Bheem” one among the five pandavas of Mahabharata times. It is believed that Pandavas had spent some duration of their banishment at this place and that is why this place is known after the name second brother of pandava, bheem, who was famous for his incredible physical power.
Bhimtal Lake is larger than Lake of Nainital, known as Naini lake. It is around twenty-two kilometers or fourteen miles away from the town of Nainital and at the height of 1370 mt. from the sea level. One end of this lake also consists of 17th century temple of lord Shiva which is known as Bhimeshwar and next to it twelve meter high dam as well, which collectively attracts huge number of tourists towards this place. Bhimtal city is much older city than Nainital city and was a previous part of the prehistoric silk route. The island holds in between the lake of Bhimtal is 91 meter from the coast of the Bhimtal. Bhimtal town consist more geographical area than Nainital. Most of the tourists come to visit Nainital and Haldwani comes to this pristine place of natural splendor.
How To Reach
Bhimtal town can be reached by road through Nainital and Haldwani route. It very well connected with all sorts of road transportation, public as well as private. Many of the tourism companies use to provide tour package of Nainital and Bhimtal along with various other parts of Uttarakhand, which can be attained by anyone with making more efforts regarding it. Bhimtal Lake and its surrounding beauty can be enjoyed by visiting there and enjoying boating as well as other watery sports in the clear water of holy lake. Many tourists and people use to visit by their own transportation or private cars, whereas tourists use to take rental car services from Kathgodam and Nanital like well organized places.
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