Pakhal Lake From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Pakhal Lake Pakhal Lake Andhra India.jpg Pakhal Lake view Location Andhra Pradesh Coordinates 17°57′N 79°59′ECoordinates: 17°57′N 79°59′E Type reservoir Basin countries India Pakhal Lake is a man-made lake in the Pakhal wildlife sanctuary in Warangal district, Andhra Pradesh, a state in Southern India. Importance Pakhal Lake, situated amidst undulating forest land hills and dales is a popular retreat for the tourists. The lake, constructed around 1213 A.D. by Kakatiyan Ruler, Ganapathidev and spread over an area of 30 km2., provides a beautiful site. Set around the shores of this lake is the Pakhal Wild Life Sanctuary with an area of 839 km2. It is a dense forest shelter for a variety of fauna. If, one is lucky, one can spot a tiger or a leopard or a bear and one can find a herd of deer roaming about freely in the wild. The sanctuary is also harbouring Mammals like panthers, hyenas, wolves, wild dogs, jackals, sloth bear, nilgal, porcupine, langoor, Reptiles like python, cobra, common krait, monitor lizard and Crocodiles. Location Pakhal is situaled about 50 km east of Warangal and it is well connected by road passing through the east while taluk headquarters of Narsampet which about 12 km away. External links Pakhal Lake travel guide from Wikivoyage Stub icon This article about a location in Andhra Pradesh is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Categories: Lakes of Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh geography stubs
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 17:59:19 +0000