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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
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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.
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