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Karanji Lake (Kannada: ಕಾರಂಜಿ ಕೆರೆ) is a lake located in the city of Mysore in the state of Karnataka, India. Karanji lake is surrounded by a nature park consisting of a butterfly park and a walk-through aviary, boating facility, hydrophytes park, cactus park, medicinal plant nursery, children's play area, variety of birds on display, the watch tower to view the movements of the large number of migratory birds, bridge to the island , and if one is lucky one can spot a crocodile or two.
The total area of Kaaranji lake is 90 hectares. The lake area is the favorite haunts of migratory birds . Some of the common migratory birds found here are grey pelican, painted stork, ibis, cormorant, egret, etc. which nest on trees in the islands present in the lake. Herons, Asian open bill storks, egrets, red wattle lapwing, sandpipers, rose ringed parakeet, black drongo, brown shrike, red-whiskered bulbul, booted warbler, sunbird and greenish warbler are some of the other species of birds found here.
Hornbills, peacocks, white-peacocks, turkeys and black swans are some of the birds found in this aviary.
The Karanji lake is not only a local attraction for local Mysoreans as a favorite picnic spot but also draws large number of tourists. Mysore tourism caters to all ages and interest in the variety of options made available for families and friends as a best holiday destination. The proximity of all the places such as The Mysore Palace, The Lalitha Mahal Palace,Chamundi hill, The Mysore Zoo, The Mysore Mall, Mysore Dasara Exhibition ground etc make commuting an enjoyable affair to cover maximum places in minimum time.Other places of interest in Mysore tourism near by are St. Anthony's Shrine - Dornahalli, Sri Narayana Swamy Temple- The submerged stone carved temple on the banks of KRS Dam, the ancient submerged Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple and the new restored Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple on the banks or Krishnaraja sagara Dam. Brindavan Gardens, cauvery river, Mysore Palace, St. Philomena's Church, Arethippur Mandya, 1200 years old excavated jain basadi at Kanakagiri, Excavated Ancient statue of Bhagawan Bahubali at Arethippur KM Doddi of Mandya District. |