13 Facts About Chilika Lake

In 1981, Chilika Lake was designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention.

The villagers around Chilika Lake still observe an annual festival called "Bali Yatra".

Chilika Lake asked the speeding train to stop for a moment so that he could enjoy the beauty.

Chilika Lake is a shallow bar-built estuary with large areas of mudflats.

In 1971, during Indira Gandhi's tenure as Prime Minister of India, Chilika Lake was designated the first Indian wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention due to its rich biodiversity as shown by the facts that:.

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In 2002, Chilika was taken out of the Montreux Record, in light of the improved conditions of the lake.

Chilika Lake is the largest wintering ground for migratory birds, on the Indian sub-continent.

Chilika Lake is home to the only known population of Irrawaddy dolphins in India and one of only two lagoons in the world that are home to this species.

Recently Chilika Lake has gathered a reputation to be a tourist trap where a number of individuals run pearl and gemstone scams.

Chilika Lake is well connected by road to Chennai and Kolkata through National Highway No 16.

Akanksha Damini Joshi's award-winning film, Chilika Bank$ tells the story via a banyan tree on the banks of lake Chilika tracing the ecological changes in the lake over four decades.

Chilika Lake Bank$ was screened in the Indian Panorama section of the 40th International Film Festival of India, Goa 2009 in the non-feature film category.

Chilika Lake Banks is displayed in various renowned university libraries like the Harvard University, Washington University, Duke University, Emory University and Syracuse University; and the Library of Congress, de facto the National Library of United States of America.