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Sajjangarh Sanctuary

Sajjangarh Wildlife Sanctuary is situated 5kms in the West of tourist city Udaipur, which surrounds the Sajjangarh Palace overlooking Udaipur City.
From the palace, one can have a magnificent view of lakes of Udaipur and Aravalli hill ranges. The view of Sunrise and Sunset attracts every visitor atop of Bansdara hill.

Safari Park was created and wild animals like Chital, Sambar, Wild Boar, and Blue Bull were reintroduced. Animals like Panther, Hyena, Hare and Jackal has reappeared apart from variety of reptiles and birds.

The wall extended further and now the entire hillock has been fenced, improving the vegetal cover of the sanctuary area.

Tiger Lake
In the Hills, at a short distance on the North-West of Sajjangarh, there is an artificial lake named Jiyan Sagar, popularly known as "Bari Lake" or "Tiger Lake".

The lake was constructed by Maharana Raj Singhji, the ex-ruler of Mewar, in 1664 AD and was named after Jana Devi, the mother of the Maharana. The lake has an area of 1.25 square miles with a storage capacity of 400 million cubic feet of water.

Rajasthan Wildlife Sanctuaries • Ranthambore National Park • Darrah Sanctuary • Desert National Park • Keoladeo Ghana National Park • Kumbhalgarh Sanctuary • Mount Abu Sanctuary • Sajjangarh Sanctuary • Sariska Tiger Reserve • Sita Mata Sanctuary