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	'''Shanthi Sagara'''~~([[Kannada]]: ಶಾಂತಿ ಸಾಗರ)~~, also called ''Sulekere'', is ~~a lake that is acclaimed to be~~ the second largest built lake in [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Rahul \|title=Of legends and lakes built by courtesans \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html \|access-date=7 January 2021 \|work=mint \|date=5 November 2016 \|language=en}}</ref> It is located at ~~sulekere~~ of [[Channagiri]] ~~taluk~~ of [[Davanagere District]] in [[Karnataka]] state of India.		'''Shanthi Sagara''', also called '''Sulekere''', is the second largest built lake in [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Chandran \|first1=Rahul \|title=Of legends and lakes built by courtesans \|url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html \|access-date=7 January 2021 \|work=mint \|date=5 November 2016 \|language=en}}</ref> It is located at Sulekere of [[Kerebilachi]], [[Channagiri]] taluka of [[Davanagere District]] in [[Karnataka]] state of India.

	==Importance==		==Importance==
	Shanti Sagara tank, created by an embankment with [[Spillway\|sluice outlets]], built in 1128, the tank has a history of 800 years. It took three years to construct the massive tank. The tank, which has a water spread of {{convert\|6550\|acres\|ha\|0\|abbr=on}}, has a [[circumference]] of {{convert\|30\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}}. It has a total [[drainage basin]] of {{convert\|81483\|acres\|ha\|0\|abbr=on}}. It [[irrigate]]s {{convert\|4700\|acres\|ha\|abbr=on}} of land and more than ~~170~~ villages are benefited by it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040903122759/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2003/11/29/stories/2003112900800300.htm A lake with a history of 800 years...] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>		Shanti Sagara tank, created by an embankment with [[Spillway\|sluice outlets]], built in 1128, the tank has a history of 800 years. It took three years to construct the massive tank. The tank, which has a water spread of {{convert\|6550\|acres\|ha\|0\|abbr=on}}, has a [[circumference]] of {{convert\|30\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}}. It has a total [[drainage basin]] of {{convert\|81483\|acres\|ha\|0\|abbr=on}}. It [[irrigate]]s {{convert\|4700\|acres\|ha\|abbr=on}} of land and more than 1000 villages are benefited by it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040903122759/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2003/11/29/stories/2003112900800300.htm A lake with a history of 800 years...] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

	The tank receives the [[drainage]] of twenty square miles. All of the drainage pours into the [[gorge]] where it is built (the main stream bearing the name of Haridra, a tributary of the Tungabhadra). The [[embankment dam\|embankment]] is constructed between two hills, and embankment is of no great length; it is around {{convert\|950\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}, but it is of stupendous width (Max {{convert\|120\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}},min {{convert\|70\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}), height and strength, though not quite straight. The main road connecting between [[~~channagiri~~]] and [[Davanagere]] pass through on this embankment.{{citation needed\|date=January 2021}} It has resisted successfully the floods of centuries, but owing to the great pressure of the volume of the water in tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC~~&lpg=PA421~~&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482~~#v=onepage&q&f=false~~ Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>		The tank receives the [[drainage]] of twenty square miles. All of the drainage pours into the [[gorge]] where it is built (the main stream bearing the name of Haridra, a tributary of the Tungabhadra). The [[embankment dam\|embankment]] is constructed between two hills, and embankment is of no great length; it is around {{convert\|950\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}, but it is of stupendous width (Max {{convert\|120\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}, min {{convert\|70\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}), height and strength, though not quite straight. The main road connecting between [[Channagiri]] and [[Davanagere]] pass through on this embankment.{{citation needed\|date=January 2021}} It has resisted successfully the floods of centuries, but owing to the great pressure of the volume of the water in tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482 Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

	It has two [[sluice]]s. That to the north is called the "Sidda", and that to the south the "Basava". Notwithstanding the damaged state of the sluices and the great force of the water when escaping through them, the embankment has always remained firm and uninjured, a satisfactory proof of the solidity of the structure.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC~~&lpg=PA421~~&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482~~#v=onepage&q&f=false~~ Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>		It has two [[sluice]]s. That to the north is called the "Sidda", and that to the south the "Basava". Notwithstanding the damaged state of the sluices and the great force of the water when escaping through them, the embankment has always remained firm and uninjured, a satisfactory proof of the solidity of the structure.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482 Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

	If required (as during drought) the tank can be fed by surplus water from [[Bhadra Dam]]'s right bank canal.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000430s41u00103000.html \| title=s \| ~~publisher~~="www.bl.uk" \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>		If required (as during drought) the tank can be fed by surplus water from [[Bhadra Dam]]'s right bank canal.<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000430s41u00103000.html \| title=s \| work=www.bl.uk \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

	==Etymology==		==Etymology==
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	==History==		==History==
	The construction of the tank is assigned to 11th or 12th century, and remains are pointed out, said have belonged to Svargavathi, the city was submerged, its king Vikrama raaya, who had no children, adopted the son of gowda of Billahalli.		The construction of the tank is assigned to 11th or 12th century, and remains are pointed out, said have belonged to Svargavathi, the city was submerged, its king Vikrama raaya, who had no children, adopted the son of gowda of Billahalli.
	<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html \| title=MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO \| ~~publisher~~="www.livemint.com" \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>		<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html \| title=MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO \| work=www.livemint.com \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

	This youth received the name of Ragi raaya. But a daughter was subsequently born to the king in reward for his devotion to Shiva. She was called Shantava. The king's daughter, who, having formed a connection with some [[divinity]], built, as an expiatory act, the tank, which submerged the town of her father, who had cursed her as a prostitute. Hence the name "Sulekere".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC~~&lpg=PA421~~&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA481~~#v=onepage&q&f=false~~ Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 481] Google Books Online</ref>		This youth received the name of Ragi raaya. But a daughter was subsequently born to the king in reward for his devotion to Shiva. She was called Shantava. The king's daughter, who, having formed a connection with some [[divinity]], built, as an expiatory act, the tank, which submerged the town of her father, who had cursed her as a prostitute. Hence the name "Sulekere".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA481 Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 481] Google Books Online</ref>

	There is stone to be dated ~~shaka~~ 1311, in the tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC~~&lpg=PA421~~&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482~~#v=onepage&q&f=false~~ Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>		There is stone to be dated Shaka 1311, in the tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482 Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

	History also has it that the Lt. General Sir [[Richard Hieram Sankey]], Chief Engineer of Mysore state, once commented during 1856, that the region (where Sulekere once was) was not ideal for the construction of a tank, but was still built, all thanks to the engineering expertise of people of those times. It is indeed remarkable, he commented.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/44853/whither-asias-second-largest-tank.html Sulekere in Davangere district has the distinction of being Asia’s second largest tank.] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>		History also has it that the Lt. General Sir [[Richard Hieram Sankey]], Chief Engineer of Mysore state, once commented during 1856, that the region (where Sulekere once was) was not ideal for the construction of a tank, but was still built, all thanks to the engineering expertise of people of those times. It is indeed remarkable, he commented.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/44853/whither-asias-second-largest-tank.html Sulekere in Davangere district has the distinction of being Asia’s second largest tank.] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

	Sulekere tank, {{convert\|40\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} round, which receives all the streams from the south, and from which Haridra issues to the north.		Sulekere tank, {{convert\|40\|mi\|km\|abbr=on}} round, which receives all the streams from the south, and from which Haridra issues to the north.
	The south and west are crossed by lines of hills, as it mentioned in [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] in 1903-4.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 173.] Website of Digital South Asia Library</ref>		The south and west are crossed by lines of hills, as it mentioned in [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] in 1903-4.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 173.] {{Webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518114016/https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif \|date=18 May 2024 }} Website of Digital South Asia Library</ref>

	On 22 September 1952 an adult [[Eel]] ([[Anguilla bengalensis]]) measuring ~~{{convert\|~~44~~\|ft\|m\|abbr=on}}~~ was found in a ~~drag net~~ in the Sulekere reservoir. After the construction of [[Tungabhadra]] dam, the [[Fish migration\|migration]] of the eel from sea to the upper reaches of the ~~Thungrabhadra~~ is prevented, on 17 April 1955.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Occurrence Of The Eel (Anguilla ~~bengalensi~~) in Sulekere ~~Reserviour~~ and Markendaya Stream in Mysore State\|url=http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/documents/title117oc.htm\|publisher=Centre for ecological sciences Indian institute of science (IISc) Bangalore\|date=1955}}</ref>		On 22 September 1952 an adult [[Eel]] ([[Anguilla bengalensis]]) measuring 44 inches was found in a dragnet in the Sulekere reservoir. After the construction of [[Tungabhadra]] dam, the [[Fish migration\|migration]] of the eel from sea to the upper reaches of the Tungabhadra is prevented, on 17 April 1955.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Occurrence Of The Eel (''Anguilla bengaline'') in Sulekere Reservoir and Markendaya Stream in Mysore State\|url=http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/documents/title117oc.htm\|publisher=Centre for ecological sciences Indian institute of science (IISc) Bangalore\|date=1955}}</ref>

	==Drinking water==		==Drinking water==
	Drinking water is supplied from Shanthi Sagara to [[Chitradurga]], Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has funded {{Indian Rupee}} 80 crore to this project.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040422040924/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/23/stories/2004012302810300.htm Shanthi Sagara water for Chitradurga] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>		Drinking water is supplied from Shanthi Sagara to [[Chitradurga]], Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has funded {{Indian Rupee}} 80 crore to this project.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040422040924/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/23/stories/2004012302810300.htm Shanthi Sagara water for Chitradurga] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

	Presently, Chitradurga city is getting 30 million litres of water a day from the Shanti Sagara Water Supply System.<ref>[~~http~~://m.~~timesofindia~~.com/PDATOI/articleshow/4808722.cms Water supply system to get revamped] Times of India - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref> Off-late, there are fears of the lake completely drying up.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Asias-second-largest-tank-could-dry-up-soon/articleshow/52018677.cms \| title=articleshow \| ~~publisher~~="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>		Presently, Chitradurga city is getting 30 million litres of water a day from the Shanti Sagara Water Supply System.<ref>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/PDATOI/articleshow/4808722.cms Water supply system to get revamped] Times of India - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref> Off-late, there are fears of the lake completely drying up.<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Asias-second-largest-tank-could-dry-up-soon/articleshow/52018677.cms \| title=articleshow \| work=timesofindia.indiatimes.com \| date =3 April 2018 \| access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==

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'''Shanthi Sagara'''([[Kannada]]: ಶಾಂತಿ ಸಾಗರ), also called ''Sulekere'', is a lake that is acclaimed to be the second largest built lake in [[Asia]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chandran |first1=Rahul |title=Of legends and lakes built by courtesans |url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html |access-date=7 January 2021 |work=mint |date=5 November 2016 |language=en}}</ref> It is located at sulekere of [[Channagiri]] taluk of [[Davanagere District]] in [[Karnataka]] state of India.

==Importance==
Shanti Sagara tank, created by an embankment with [[Spillway|sluice outlets]], built in 1128, the tank has a history of 800 years. It took three years to construct the massive tank. The tank, which has a water spread of {{convert|6550|acres|ha|0|abbr=on}}, has a [[circumference]] of {{convert|30|km|mi|abbr=on}}. It has a total [[drainage basin]] of {{convert|81483|acres|ha|0|abbr=on}}. It [[irrigate]]s {{convert|4700|acres|ha|abbr=on}} of land and more than 170 villages are benefited by it.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040903122759/http://www.hindu.com/yw/2003/11/29/stories/2003112900800300.htm A lake with a history of 800 years...] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

The tank receives the [[drainage]] of twenty square miles. All of the drainage pours into the [[gorge]] where it is built (the main stream bearing the name of Haridra, a tributary of the Tungabhadra). The [[embankment dam|embankment]] is constructed between two hills, and embankment is of no great length; it is around {{convert|950|ft|m|abbr=on}}, but it is of stupendous width (Max {{convert|120|ft|m|abbr=on}},min {{convert|70|ft|m|abbr=on}}), height and strength, though not quite straight. The main road connecting between [[channagiri]] and [[Davanagere]] pass through on this embankment.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}} It has resisted successfully the floods of centuries, but owing to the great pressure of the volume of the water in tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&lpg=PA421&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482#v=onepage&q&f=false Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

It has two [[sluice]]s. That to the north is called the "Sidda", and that to the south the "Basava". Notwithstanding the damaged state of the sluices and the great force of the water when escaping through them, the embankment has always remained firm and uninjured, a satisfactory proof of the solidity of the structure.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&lpg=PA421&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482#v=onepage&q&f=false Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

If required (as during drought) the tank can be fed by surplus water from [[Bhadra Dam]]'s right bank canal.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/photocoll/s/019pho000430s41u00103000.html | title=s | publisher="www.bl.uk" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

==Etymology==
The name is derived from "Sule" [[courtesan]] and "kere" tank.
Sulekere renamed to Shanthi Sagara, where "shanthi" is the first name of [[princess]] Shantava, who constructed this tank. "Sagara" means [[Ocean]], as this tank is one of biggest tanks in [[Asia]], so the tank is compared to an ocean.

==History==
The construction of the tank is assigned to 11th or 12th century, and remains are pointed out, said have belonged to Svargavathi, the city was submerged, its king Vikrama raaya, who had no children, adopted the son of gowda of Billahalli.
<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.livemint.com/Sundayapp/MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO/Of-legends-and-lakes-built-by-courtesans.html | title=MV1aSAEZsc6IFMbf6SbvBO | publisher="www.livemint.com" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

This youth received the name of Ragi raaya. But a daughter was subsequently born to the king in reward for his devotion to Shiva. She was called Shantava. The king's daughter, who, having formed a connection with some [[divinity]], built, as an expiatory act, the tank, which submerged the town of her father, who had cursed her as a prostitute. Hence the name "Sulekere".<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&lpg=PA421&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA481#v=onepage&q&f=false Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 481] Google Books Online</ref>

There is stone to be dated shaka 1311, in the tank.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=p0wSoEIub1YC&lpg=PA421&dq=Mysore%3A%20a%20gazetteer%20compiled%20for%20government%20sulekere&pg=PA482#v=onepage&q&f=false Mysore: a gazetteer compiled for government, Vol 2 Page No. 482] Google Books Online</ref>

History also has it that the Lt. General Sir [[Richard Hieram Sankey]], Chief Engineer of Mysore state, once commented during 1856, that the region (where Sulekere once was) was not ideal for the construction of a tank, but was still built, all thanks to the engineering expertise of people of those times. It is indeed remarkable, he commented.<ref>[http://www.deccanherald.com/content/44853/whither-asias-second-largest-tank.html Sulekere in Davangere district has the distinction of being Asia’s second largest tank.] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

Sulekere tank, {{convert|40|mi|km|abbr=on}} round, which receives all the streams from the south, and from which Haridra issues to the north.
The south and west are crossed by lines of hills, as it mentioned in [[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]] in 1903-4.<ref>[https://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_179.gif Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 10, p. 173.] Website of Digital South Asia Library</ref>

On 22 September 1952 an adult [[Eel]] ([[Anguilla bengalensis]]) measuring {{convert|44|ft|m|abbr=on}} was found in a drag net in the Sulekere reservoir. After the construction of [[Tungabhadra]] dam, the [[Fish migration|migration]] of the eel from sea to the upper reaches of the Thungrabhadra is prevented, on 17 April 1955.<ref>{{cite web|title=Occurrence Of The Eel (Anguilla bengalensi) in Sulekere Reserviour and Markendaya Stream in Mysore State|url=http://wgbis.ces.iisc.ernet.in/biodiversity/sahyadri/documents/title117oc.htm|publisher=Centre for ecological sciences Indian institute of science (IISc) Bangalore|date=1955}}</ref>

==Drinking water==
Drinking water is supplied from Shanthi Sagara to [[Chitradurga]], Karnataka Urban Water Supply and Drainage Board (KUWS&DB) has funded {{Indian Rupee}} 80 crore to this project.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040422040924/http://www.hindu.com/2004/01/23/stories/2004012302810300.htm Shanthi Sagara water for Chitradurga] The Hindu - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref>

Presently, Chitradurga city is getting 30 million litres of water a day from the Shanti Sagara Water Supply System.<ref>[http://m.timesofindia.com/PDATOI/articleshow/4808722.cms Water supply system to get revamped] Times of India - Online edition of India's National Newspaper</ref> Off-late, there are fears of the lake completely drying up.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/Asias-second-largest-tank-could-dry-up-soon/articleshow/52018677.cms | title=articleshow | publisher="timesofindia.indiatimes.com" | date =3 April 2018 | access-date= 30 May 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[List of lakes in India]]
*[[Channagiri]]
*[[Karnataka]]

== References ==

{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{commons category-inline|Shanti Sagara}}

{{Hydrology of Karnataka|state=expanded}}


[[Category:Reservoirs in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Davanagere district]]
[[Category:Geography of Davanagere district]]