The legendary Nakki Lake Mount Abu

Even though I’m An Abuite, I should be well aware of the origins of this fascinating lake at the heart of the city, but I’m not. I believe that it was dug out by the fingernails of some legendary character as a herculean task so that he could marry his lady love. Another theory is that this lake is a very sacred lake for the fun-filled Gracia tribe. This tribe visit the lake by the hundreds on their festival in Shukla Paksha in April or May to worship and remember their ancestors, and consecrate their nails, hence I feel this would be a more realistic reason for the name Nakki.

They say it’s a man-made lake. All along, I thought it was the cradle of an extinct volcano. If one observes the hills of Abu, one can only see fascinating larva-shaped rocks. Heck, I have gone off on a tangent. I was to give you an update on the critical water situation prevailing here in Abu. Have a look at some snaps I took a few weeks ago of the lake, it’s not a pretty sight.