I am lucky to have visited some beautiful lakes in India. I will start with the stunning Chandratal in Himachal Pradesh. I have been there twice, I consider myself lucky. And I will drop everything and go there again at the first opportunity!
Obviously one such lake is Prashar Lake in Himachal Pradesh. It is in a remote area, popular with the locals. There are only two government guest houses where you can stay. Or else if you really wish to rough it out, you could stay for free in a bare room of the temple which is meant for pilgrims.
This is Changu Lake in Sikkim. I clicked this picture on the way to Nathu-La and while coming back the fog was so thick the lake was not at all visible. As Nathu-La is the border of India with China, tourists require special permits to visit the area. Any registered travel agent can arrange these permits.
I got lucky when I took this picture in Dhankar, Spiti. It was 9.30 am in the morning and there were a lot of clouds in the sky. But for a moment the sun came out and I got this perfect reflection. You need to trek to the lake from the village Dhankar. Dhankar is the most stunning village that I saw in Spiti.
Pangong Lake is such a beauty. This is one place that is even more beautiful than this picture suggests and Ladakh remains one of my all time favorite destinations.
BEautiful lakes…Must visit places…Last photo is the one you have as header image right…
Hi, new here, came via backpakker’s. The Changu lake’s snap reminded me of my flight in a chopper over that lake. It was frozen and looked like a mirror. I had no cameras then. I welcome you to my potpourri, do visit whenever time permits.
The last three photos look even lovelier!:)
I am always attarcted to lakes surrounded by mountains. Parashar, Changu and Pangong lakes look amazingly beautiful. I live close to two deepest lakes in the world – Crater Lake (Oregon. Approx. 600m deep) and Lake Tahoe (California/ Nevada. Approx. 500m deep. Areawise it’s the largest lake in US)See Crater lake photos here: http://atulks.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album20See Lake Tahoe photos here: http://atulks.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album21More lakes: http://atulks.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album22andhttp://atulks.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album26
lovely images and interesting write-up. Maza aayaa!:-)
Yes Shrinidhi, I use the last one as the header image and I agree all of these places are a must see, again and again :)Indrani, thanks for the visit and I enjoyed your terracotta picture a lot.Sidhu, thanks.Atul, thanks for sharing the pictures.Thanks Abhijit, I enjoyed your firkiwala snap at the sea shore a lot.
hey mridul hoiw are you its vijay from jodhpur i m planning to go for ladakh would you suggest me what will be good way , tourist places, hotels and some packing thing to carry with . you mail me on my id bhandari_vijay@hotmail.combyee thanks
Quite a lake ‘collection’ 🙂 Pangong is dreamlike !
Very beautiful lakes !! Thanks for sharing the pictures !! Hope to visit all of them some time 🙂
Hi Vijay, hope you found my email useful.Lavanya, thanks for dropping by.Kusum, I am sure you will visit all these and more.