I’m sharing pictures clicked at Ramgarh, near Jaipur earlier this week.
Sitting in such a majestic location, and soaking up on a beautiful sunrise with great weather….what else can one ask for?
Ramgarh was once a very popular picnic spot of Jaipur until a few years back when the Ramgarh lake dried up. This lake hosted a boat competition during 1982 Asiad games. The major reason for the lake to dry up is the blocking of water channels that brought water to the lake, due to illegal & unauthorized construction.
During the pre-independence years, it was one of the favorite hunting locations of the Jaipur Maharajahs. The royal hunting lodge is still present. It has been converted into a hotel & is run by the Taj group by name of Ramgarh Lodge.
Ramgarh still has a rustic feel, though it’s located merely 30 km away from the Jaipur city. It has few villages strewn around and luckily, the pace of life is “easy”!!
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I know of it as a place often mentioned in Movies. Sad to know about the death of the lake, especially with the history it had!
Hope the sunrise continues to charm locals!
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Alok! I thought of mentioning here, but I didn’t for some reason (which I don’t know) that there are many Ramgarh in India. I guess I should specifically mention that its not the same Ramgarh of movie “sholay” !!! 🙂
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Oh, ok…there was also one mentioned in Jab We Met!
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True….Ramgarh is a popular name that was (and is) used in Bollywood movies!
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How sublime!
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Gorgeous!!
Reading the above conversation – the Ramgarh of Sholay is in Karnataka 🙂
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Thanks Parul! Even the surroundings of the place where this picture is clicked, can easily pass off as film location due to topography! I have reserved those picture for another post! 🙂
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Nice shot of the sunrise. You must have woke up really early to capture this. Great job!
Have a good weekend!
Alexander
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Alexander! Capturing these shots entail, getting up quite early- much before the sunrise and be at location, where I plan to capture these shots. In this case, I had drive time of 45 minutes and another 20-25 minutes of hike through the hill, before sunrise!! But the reward often makes up for the extra effort.
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Hi,
I thought the Jamwa Ramgarh tal was a proper lake. If its dried up, that’s news to me. I was planning to ride here in a few hours. I’ll stop over at bhangarh in that case!
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Jamwa Ramgarh has run dry! its been quite some years now. with current situation, we don’t know if it will ever turn back into lake! Bhangarh is a great place, but there are no options for food and facilities!
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