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The hills of Jawai Badh looks drenched in gold as the sun sets amidst the hills of Jawaibandh. Dusk approaches Jawaibandh as the sun sets and darkness starts to overlap the hills. Jawai Bandh is a dam built across the Jawai River, and is located in the most rugged of the Aravalli hills in the Pali, Rajsamand and Udaipur districts of Rajasthan. Jawai Bandh is one of the largest water reservoirs in western Rajasthan and is renowned for attracting an impressive array of migratory and non-migratory birds, including the conspicuous and iconic species of open wetlands, the sarus crane. Other species include the knob-billed duck and the Indian spot-billed duck, and during the winter the demoiselle crane, common eastern crane and the bar-headed goose. It is also home to a large variety of fauna, s
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