Monday, September 5, 2011

Hebbal Lake, Bangalore

Hebbal Lake is located in north Bangalore. It is on your left while one dives to Bangalore International Airport. It occupies around 150 acres and has beautiful garden on one side of the lake. It is created by building bunds to hold the water of natural valley system.

The habitat is favored by many species of water birds including large waterbirds such as the Spot-billed Pelican, Eurasian Spoonbill, Shoveller, Pintail, Garganey, Little Grebe, Coot and Spot-billed Duck.

In the morning time the park by the lake side is buzzing with lot of activity: jogging, exercise, birding. Fishing can also be done if adequate permissions or contracts are there.

The park has lot of variety of flowery trees and plants. The park looks colorful with these flowers.

This lake was established by Kempe Gowda, the founder of the city.


61 comments:

  1. This is such a unique and exotic place...good pictures!

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  2. Very nice pictures. Have a wonderful week. :)

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  3. Anonymous08:34

    It looks to me like an interesting place! The collage is impressive and even the one that you have on the header of your blog....:)

    Have a nice day!

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  4. I wouldn't mind a walk around this area as it seems like it's full of terrific wildlife and plants. Lovely mosaics.

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  5. nice!




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  6. these photos are magnificent!

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  7. Seems like a lovely place!

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  8. Lovely collage and it seems like a lovely place to be at.;))
    xoxo

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  9. Beautiful place and lovely photos!

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  10. Looks like a wonderful place to visit.

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  11. Nice captures .Thanks.

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  12. your blog always makes me nostalgic. I miss the blore life.
    Beautiful post.

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  13. What a lovely park, Rajesh! And delightful captures as always! I do love the flowers! Hope you have a great week!

    Sylvia

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  14. Great sights around.

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  15. Such beauty in wildlife and blooms, Rajesh! Hebbal Lake looks like a relaxing place to visit and be in Nature.

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  16. Looks so lovely.

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  17. Anonymous11:54

    What a great place - an oasis away from one's busy urban life. Great shots!

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  18. A beautiful place indeed. I love the honey-eater in the first shot. Well done.

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  19. That must be a very beautiful place !

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  20. Wonderful photos, Rajesh! The lakes and birds are beautiful. Looks like a great place to visit. Thanks for sharing.

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  21. beautiful mosaic. looks like a wonderful place to spend the day.

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  22. I have been to Hebbal lake, it is indeed beautiful!!!!
    in fact, as part of my masters study, we did a project on the natural resources of bangalore...and had visited all the places on the outskirts of the city..we simply loved the rural areas of bangalore!!!

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  23. Hebbal Lake sounds very intriguing, Rajesh, especially with all those birds. Thanks for telling us about it.
    — K

    Kay, Alberta, Canada
    An Unfittie's Guide to Adventurous Travel

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  24. lovely, as always
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  25. That looks like a beautiful place to hang out.

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  26. The Lake park looks like a beautiful place to enjoy the day. I'm glad its a wonderful habitat for plants and animals.

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  27. This looks like a beautiful park and lake. I really like your collage of scenes from the park.

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  28. Excellent photography and you made me homesick!! Great post!!

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  29. I always enjoy my visits to your blog and learning more about India's beauty!

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  30. Beautiful critters.

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  31. What a lovely spot for going birding or fishing...or even for just a simple little walk with your camera in tow. Your mosaic turned out beautifully. genie

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  32. Anonymous09:55

    nice place to visit....

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  33. A lake that buzzes with activity is always interesting.

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  34. Very fine pictures, beautiful collage too!

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  35. sounds like a great place for birding. :)

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  36. Must be a great place to relax.

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  37. Anonymous17:34

    sch a serene place...hope u guz enjoyed fishing...

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  38. Very nice images!

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  39. Nice to walk around Hebbal Lake with you, Rajesh! Lots of foliage and fowl and fish even to enjoy.

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  40. This is my first visit to your blog. As I love to travel to new places, I think i will keep visiting your blog. This post is very interesting as I never knew about a place like this in B'lore. Keep posting such useful, informative posts. Thank you!

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  41. Great place -- I love to see natural areas within a City. Great for birds, animals, and people too. Thank you.

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  42. Just the place to go to recover from air travel. A precious piece of nature for all to enjoy.

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  43. That first shot is SO beautiful!
    Thanks for posting
    Dyanna
    www.berkeleytoday.wordpress.com

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  44. we have Australian Coots here, I wonder if they are the same as yours.

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  45. Beautiful. Thanks for let knowing about the activities the hebbal lake holds.

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  46. Very nice captures.

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  47. Hello, Rajesh! I love your birds and the flowers. What a nice place to visit. Thanks for sharing.

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  48. Thank you all. I am glad you all liked this space.

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  49. Anonymous22:06

    Such pretty photos! I would love to visit India one day. My niece is traveling to India next month.

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  50. AWEsome shot Rajesh!

    MYM

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  51. Lovely captures. Have a fabulous week.

    Liz @ MLC

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  52. Anonymous18:07

    lovely pics and superb post

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  53. hebbal lake! yay! near my house :)

    loved going thru this post

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  54. Thanks for this lovely, though brief, post. It took me back to my days in Bangalore more than 14 years back now, and how the entire airport region used to be then!!! God bless you.

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  55. lovely pictures.....thanks for sharing.

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  56. Thank you all. I am glad you all liked this space.

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