Taj Lake Palace, Udaipur is located midst an island in Pichola lake.

Lake Pichola has always been a place for dreaming, ever since a visionary created it in Udaipur’s heart in 1362. However, its four natural islands remained uninhabited until Maharana Jagat Singh II built a pleasure palace there in 1746. We are not sure what attracted him to this isolated place in northwest India relatively close to Pakistan. Perhaps the lofty mountains created his artist’s canvas. Perhaps he just wanted to make a grand statement with Taj Lake Palace Hotel Udaipur. He was after all the 62nd Mewar ruler, and therefore a descendant of the Sun God.