  Observations of the solar magnetic cycle showed that the amplitude of the
cycle did not grow all the time in the past. Thus, there must be a mechanism to
halt the growth of the magnetic field in the Sun. We demonstrate a recently
proposed mechanism for this under the Babcock--Leighton dynamo framework, which
is believed to be the most promising paradigm for the generation of the solar
magnetic field at present. This mechanism is based on the observational fact
that the stronger solar cycles produce bipolar magnetic regions (BMRs) at
higher latitudes and thus have higher mean latitudes than the weaker ones. We
capture this effect in our three-dimensional Babcock--Leighton solar dynamo
model and show that when the toroidal magnetic field tries to grow, it produces
BMRs at higher latitudes. The BMRs at higher latitudes generate a less poloidal
field, which consequently limits the overall growth of the magnetic field in
our model. Thus, our study suggests that the latitudinal variation of BMRs is a
potential mechanism for limiting the magnetic field growth in the Sun.
