Lake of Elephant) is a lakefront in Dhaka, Bangladesh with surrounding roads and bridges built to ease traffic congestion.

Architect Iqbal Habib, who heads the consultant firm of the Hatirjheel-Begunbari development project, said that the Bhawal Raja used to keep his tamed elephants at Pilkhana.

The place is surrounded by Tejgaon, Gulshan, Badda, Rampura, Banasree, Niketan, and Maghbazar, and it made the transportation of the people living near these areas much easier.

Building the entire site required 19.71 billion (19,710 million) taka and an area of 302 acres.

[8] The entire area of Hatirjheel is designed with about four main and four minor bridges (viaducts), several overpasses (flyovers), footbridges (overbridges), 8.80 kilometres of footpaths, 9.80 kilometres of walkway, one children's park, and 13 viewing decks.

Numerous tourists and pedestrians visit the site every evening to enjoy the reflection of light and the fresh air.

On the occasion of the inauguration, Hatirjheel was decorated with multi-coloured flowers and fluttering flags of different hues.

On the evening of the inaugural day, the city dwellers viewed a spectacular display of fireworks in the vicinity of the project.