Krishna Raja Sagara

Krishna Raja Sagara
Country	India
Location	Mandya, Karnataka
Coordinates	12°25′29″N 76°34′20″E / 12.42472°N 76.57222°E / 12.42472; 76.57222
Purpose	Water supply, irrigation
Status	Operational
Construction began	1911
Opening date	1932
Construction cost	₹10.34 million (US$120,000)[1]
Operator(s)	Cauvery Neeravari Nigam Limited
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Gravity dam
Impounds	Kaveri River
Height	39.8 m (131 ft)
Length	2,620 m (8,600 ft)
Reservoir
Creates	Krishna Raja Sagara
Total capacity	1,368,847,000 m3 (1,109,742 acre⋅ft)
Active capacity	124,421,000 m3 (100,870 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area	10,619 km2 (4,100 sq mi)
Surface area	129 km2 (50 sq mi)

Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is a lake and the dam that creates it. They are close to the settlement of Krishna Raja Sagara in the Indian State of Karnataka. The gravity dam made of surki mortar is below the confluence of river Kaveri with its tributaries Hemavati and Lakshmana Tirtha, in the district of Mandya.^[2]

Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV Maharaj of Mysore constructed the dam during the famine despite the critical financial condition of State. It was after him that the dam was named.^[3] There is an ornamental garden, Brindavan Gardens, attached to the dam.^[4]