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Bahu Lake

Bahu Lake is a small temple pond in the fields above Bahu village on the Jalori side of Banjar, 17 km and 32 min by road, the old ridge forts on the skyline.
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Photo: Nathan Pratyksh Khanna · CC BY-SA 3.0

What it is

A small pond beside a temple in the fields above Bahu village, a short way from Banjar on the Jalori side, with the ridge forts of Fatehpur and Trilokpur on the skyline above it. A quiet hour rather than a sight — the last frame of a day on the Banjar side.

Photos: Banchida (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Sheena Thakur @thebluesheeep (CC BY-SA 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

Getting there

From Banjar, 17 km and 32 minutes by road to Bahu village, by taxi or the local bus, then a short walk into the fields above. It sits on the heritage day after Chehni Kothi, and on the road down from Jalori Pass in the October–November plan.

The visit

An hour: the pond, the temple, the fields, the ridge. The forts above are a stiff climb on local paths without signs — ask in the village, take water, and treat the ridge as weather.

When to go

Any dry month. Mud in the monsoon, snow on the ridge from December.

Around it

Banjar below. Chehni Kothi and Shringa Rishi's temple across the valley. Jibhi and the pass road above.

Plans that include this

All 2 plans that stop here →
The wooden tower of Chehni Kothi above the village roofsDay plan · First visitTemples & heritage
Chehni Kothi in a day — Shringa Rishi's temple, the wooden tower above Banjar, Bahu lake and the bazaar
A day on the valley's heritage from Banjar: Shringa Rishi's temple, the climb to the kath-kuni tower of Chehni Kothi, Bahu's temple pond and the bazaar.
Best Mar–Jun · Sep–Dec
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Snow ranges seen from Jalori Pass under cloud2 nights · 3 days · PhotographersAutumn
Jalori Pass in October and November — Shoja as the base, Serolsar at dawn, Raghupur at sunrise, and Bahu lake on the way down
The Jalori ridge in its clearest months: Shoja as the base, the ridge walk to Serolsar lake at sunrise, Raghupur Fort at first light, Bahu lake on the road.
Best Oct–Nov
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Questions people ask

How do I get to Bahu Lake?

By road from Banjar on the Jalori side — 17 km and 32 minutes as of September 2026, by taxi or the local bus to Bahu village — and a short walk into the fields above the village to the pond and its temple. It pairs with Chehni Kothi for the heritage day; a taxi does both.

Is Bahu Lake worth visiting?

As a quiet hour, yes: a small pond beside a temple in open fields, the ridge forts of Fatehpur and Trilokpur on the skyline, and nobody there. It is not a sight in the way the Jalori walks are, and it is best as the last frame of a day on the Banjar side rather than the reason for one.

Are there walks from Bahu?

The ridge above the village carries the ruins of two old hill forts, Fatehpur and Trilokpur, a stiff climb up from the fields, with the whole Banjar valley below them. They are local paths without signs; ask in the village for the start, take water, and turn back if the weather comes in on the ridge.