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Naini Lake
Kidney-shaped Kumaon lake — boating + Naina Devi temple.
Ganesh Chaturthi falls on Monday, 14 September 2026 across Nainital district and the rest of Uttarakhand.
The idol is kept for one and a half, three, five, seven days or until Anant Chaturdashi — it is a family custom rather than a rule, and community mandapams usually keep it longest.
| Kept for | Immersion | |
|---|---|---|
| One and a half days | Tue, 15 September | |
| Three days | Thu, 17 September | |
| Five days | Sat, 19 September | |
| Seven days | Mon, 21 September | |
| Anant Chaturdashi | Wed, 23 September | The day most community mandapams immerse |
Many gram panchayats and municipalities set aside a pond or a marked stretch of tank for immersion. Ask at the panchayat office — it changes year to year, and a drinking-water tank or a farm pond is not an alternative.
A clay idol breaks down in water within hours. Plaster of Paris does not, and the paints carry heavy metals, so idols accumulate in tanks and rivers after immersion. Pollution control boards in most states now ask for clay for exactly this reason.
Immersion points get crowded and the bank is slippery after the monsoon. Children go into the water at these gatherings every year. Keep one person watching the water rather than the procession.
Thermocol, plastic sheeting, cloth and metal ornaments do not belong in the tank even when the idol itself is clay. Most organised immersion points now have a collection bin at the bank for them.
10 mandal centroids, sized by Census 2011 population. Tap a mandal to open its page.
Centroids from LGD/OSM. Not a survey map.
22 PIN codes across the district's villages. Open one for its village list, post office and nearby PINs.
Nainital — Uttarakhand, 10 மண்டலங்கள், 1,182 கிராமங்கள் (—). மக்கள்தொகை: 9,54,605 (2011 மக்கள்தொகை கணக்கெடுப்பு) · — km². Nainital மிகப்பெரிய கிராமங்கள்: Gola Range (56,331, Lalkuan தாசில்), Aampokhra Range (8,269, Ramnagar தாசில்), Lohariasal Talla (4,043, Haldwani தாசில்).
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Tear-shaped Kumaon lake town with Naina Devi temple.
Kidney-shaped Kumaon lake — boating + Naina Devi temple.
2,290 m viewpoint over the Himalayas + Nainital.
Ropeway to 2,270 m vista of Trishul + Nanda Devi.
Colonial-era shopping promenade along the lake.
Aggregated from village fixtures + OpenStreetMap. Numbers will rise as the LGD + OSM ingest covers more villages in Nainital district.
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Villages with the most posts, contributors, and verified residents this month.
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NGT seeks detailed reply from Uttarakhand govt on Nainital Lake pollution issues (via MSN). Read the full story at the source.
Forest department to improve Nainital’s trekking routes (via Pioneer Edge). Read the full story at the source.
Wild elephant tramples two to death in Nainital (via Devdiscourse). Read the full story at the source.