Rajsamand Lake

Rajsamand Lake lies in the city of Rajsamand, 67 km from Udaipur. Maharana Raj Singh of Mewar dammed the Gomti river to create it between 1662 and 1676, described as Rajasthan's earliest known famine relief project, employing tens of thousands of workers. The lake is about 6.4 km long and 2.8 km wide. At its consecration in January 1676 the Maharana walked around it over six days and had himself weighed against gold, giving the amount away in charity.

On the dam towards Kankroli stands the Nau Chauki, with three marble pavilions carved with gods, dancers, birds and animals and three surviving gateways from the weighing ceremonies. Nearby, the Raj Prashasti, a history of Mewar in Sanskrit by Ranchor Bhatt, is carved on 25 black marble slabs and described as the longest stone inscription of its kind. The lake was once a seaplane stop on Imperial Airways' London–Sydney route, and today offers jet-skis, speedboats and parasailing.