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'''Ṭam Dil''' is a [[reservoir]] lake situated 6 km from [[Saitual]], the nearest town, and 64 km from [[Aizawl]], the capital city of [[Mizoram]], [[India]]. In [[Mizo language]], the word ''Ṭam'' is a [[contraction (grammar)|contraction]] of ''anṭam'', which means a [[mustard plant]]; and ''Dil'' means "lake".<ref>{{cite book|last=K. C. Kabra|title=Economic Growth of Mizoram: Role of Business & Industry|year=2008|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=9788180695186|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0PcdaYllHNUC&q=Lawngtlai}}</ref> A new species of frog called ''[[Leptolalax tamdil]]'' was described from this lake in 2010.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Sengupta A, Sailo S, Lalremsanga HT, Das A, Das I | year = 2010 | url = http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02406p068f.pdf | title = A new species of ''Leptolalax'' (Anura: Megophryidae) from Mizoram, north-eastern India | journal = Zootaxa | volume = 2406 | pages = 57–68| doi = 10.11646/zootaxa.2406.1.3 }}</ref>

==Origin==

The origin and [[etymology]] of Ṭam Dil are shrouded in [[myth]]. [[Folklore]] has it that a married couple had a [[Slash-and-burn|jhum plot]] in this small valley surrounded by small steep hills. The man unfortunately died leaving the wife to care for the crops alone. In the middle of the field was a robust mustard plant, conspicuously bigger than any other plants. One night the widow has a [[Apparitional experience|visitation]] by her husband, who informed her to take special care of the giant mustard plant as it was a harbinger of immense blessing. On the wake, she did as told, and the plant thrived very well. As time went, the widow remarried but the new husband objected to any thing reminiscence of the deceased husband, and so he plucked the plant up by the roots and discarded it. The vast hole left in the ground was then soon filled by water (seeping from the plant, according to some versions; from the ground itself, in another version) to become an exquisite lake. Hence the name of Ṭam Dil, for the "lake of the mustard".<ref>{{cite web| author= Caper |title= Lakes in Mizoram|date= | url= http://www.capertravelindia.com/mizoram/lakes-mizoram.html |work= capertravelindia.com|publisher= CAPER TRAVEL COMPANY(P) LTD.|accessdate= 2013-07-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Department of Tourism|title=Tam Dil |year= 2012| url= http://tourism.mizoram.gov.in/page/tam-dil-13-01-08.html |work= tourism.mizoram.gov.in |publisher= Government of Mizoram|accessdate= 2013-07-01}}</ref>

==Tourism==

The lake is reconstructed as part of building a fishing reservoir by the Fisheries Department, Government of Mizoram. Lake-side resorts are maintained by the Tourism Department.

==See also==
[[Tourism in Mizoram]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://mizotourism.nic.in/tamdil.htm Tam Dil ]

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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Mizoram]]
[[Category:Landforms of Mizoram]]
[[Category:Reservoirs in India]]

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