Innumerable attributes are crowned on the head of this intriguing lake. For diehard Abuphils it founts from the center of the earth! On one hand of it is the largest manmade lake at the height of 1,100 meters in India then on the other hand it is romantically called the love lake of Mount Abu; at the same time it is the sacred lake of the proud Garacia tribe. The latecomers on to the lake on their festival in Shukla Paksha in April to worship and remember their ancestors, and concentrate their nails,(hence one more resion for the name Nakki-Nakkhi-meaning Nail). The name Nakki is also derived from the romantic story of the aged sage Rasia Balam  and the nubile teenager Kuwarni  Kanya. The two lovelorn souls were prevented from tying their love in a nuptial knote, by the scheming parents and their conniving gods. They had demanded that the sage could marry the teenager if he could dig up a lake for her with his nails overnight. The sage was just about to accomplish the impossible feat when he was betrayed by all. It is said that the sage was incarnation of Lord Shiva and the teenager was embodiment of Maa Parwati. It is predicted that they would return again and then there would be upheaval in the universe.  The poem lost love depicts the pathos of the two!

Lost Love…..

It’s for love

So much was at stake

With nails for done

The digging of a lake

The sage felt the pain

For love –pang- ache

But her parents promises

Just turned out to be fake

And the virgin and the sage

Could never ever make

To the nuptian alter

Just for the parent’s sake –

Love reigns supreme yet

With all its heart break..

(moods of the lake-Dr.Arun Sharma)