Fox Sagar Lake – This is one of those discoveries that you make by chance. And then you go out and try to find more information about it. Only to find that there is hardly anything about it in the public domain, though it is pretty popular with photographers.
I must thank Google maps for showing a water body not too far from our home. One day we landed there with our cameras in the hope of finding some birds. We found much more than birds at the lake.
Fox Sagar Lake Hyderabad
The Fox Sagar Lake is a relatively large lake and an active hub for fishing. A makeshift shop here has a brisk end-to-end fishing business. A couple of boys go out to the lake and fish and a small shop by the lake sells the fish. The colorful plastic roof of this shop provides vibrancy to the blue and green landscape. There were many birds on the lake but most of them were way beyond my camera lens.
This lake must have been much bigger originally, and like most urban lakes a lot of its space has been taken by recent construction. A domed structure stands out on the raised side of the lake. I naturally gravitated toward this structure.
Heritage Pump House
I had no idea what this structure could be, my best guess was a watchtower, as there seemed just enough space for that, and I could see some people standing around it. I went around and reached the structure to discover that it is a pump house. The more interesting part was the date ascribed to it, 1897 CE, and the name Fox Sagar. This structure is approached through an iron bridge. Against the sunset with a backdrop of the lake, the structure looks beautiful.
I tried to find out more about this structure and lake but all I could find were pictures. Being more than 100 years old, this should be a heritage structure that deserves conservation efforts and documentation. I am curious how the name Fox Sagar came about. Was it some British officer by this name or did the foxes inhabit this area back then? I hope this post reaches the relevant authorities and they act on it. Meanwhile, enjoy photography here.
Recommend you to read the following Places to visit in Hyderabad and nearby.
Crazy, Whacky – Sudha Car Museum
Walk from Charminar to Chowmahalla
Museums in & around Public Gardens
Deccani Architecture at Qutub Shahi Tombs
Lovely pictures and fascinating information!
As far as I know the name of the Lake came from the shape of the Lake. It looks like a Fox’s face. Check on Google maps carefully, you might find a resemblance.
Rally so beautiful. Fox sagar lake have a shape of fox. The sunset location are very beautiful on this lake.
nice information.
Beautiful lake
The fox lake was built by Hyderabad Nawab’s in 1872AD with the help of Britisher’s.
In those days (18century) this lake was completely surrounded by the forest and huge number of fox’s use to come this lake. So the name is given to the lake as FOX lake.
Funny enough,location was not mentioned and how ro reach there, thanks
Nice information, Thank you for sharing it.
Glad you liked it Anamika.