Pratap Park

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Pratap Park

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Garden and Open Gym
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A picture showing I LOVE UDAIPUR Structure placed in Pratap Park, taken from front angle.
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State Rajasthan
District Udaipur
Elevation
328 m (1,076 ft)
Languages
  Official Hindi
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Telephone code0294
A picture showing I LOVE UDAIPUR Structure placed in Pratap Park, taken from side angle. I Love Udaipur Side Angle.jpg
A picture showing I LOVE UDAIPUR Structure placed in Pratap Park, taken from side angle.

Pratap Park is a new garden and open gym in Udaipur, Rajasthan, India. It is situated near the bank of Pichola Lake. [1]

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General

The park is situated on the southern bank of Lake Pichola, along with the Pichola Ring Road. It covers 1.377 acres of land and contains gardens with a variety of floral plantation, and parking space in and around the garden. [2]

Features

The park features a -sized letter sculpture reading "I LOVE UDAIPUR", with a view Lake Pichola and the City Palace in the background. The open gymnasium comprises mechanical structures and equipment that can be used by visitors free charge. There is also an acupressure walking track, around 250 m in length, that runs around the outlines the garden. The park is equipped with solar lights, Neem fertilizers, and recycled cement slurry tiles.[ citation needed ]

Access

Pratap Park is situated in a rather remote area and has no direct public transport connection. Visitors can reach to this place only via private vehicle or hired taxi or rickshaw. It can be reached from two roads - via Mulla Talai, taking a diversion from the Eklavya colony; or via the Jungle Safari route which starts from Doodh Talai Lake, and leads to Pratap Park.

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References

  1. "Pratap Park – A new destination in Udaipur wonderland". Udaipurtimes. udaipurtimes. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
  2. "Pratap Park- A Modern Breeze To The Old And Glamorous Udaipur". Articlesfactory. ArticlesFactory.com. Retrieved 5 September 2017.

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