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	==History==		==History==
	Veeranam Lake was built in the 10th century during the time of Greater Cholas (907–955 CE)<ref>{{cite news \| title= Veeranam Lake \|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624524/Veeranam-Dam#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Veeranam%20Dam%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia\|year=2008\|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> and is a {{convert\|16\|km\|adj=on}} long dam in northern Tamil Nadu. It was ~~created~~ by [[Rajaditya]] Chola. He named it after his father [[Parantaka I]] Chola, who had the title "Veeranarayanan". ~~Veeranarayanapuram modified into Veeranam over time~~. ~~Veeranam~~ lake gets water from [[Kollidam]] via Vadavaru River. The lake remains dry for the major part of the year. Water released from the Mettur dam through Kollidam and [[Lower Anicut]] would also bring in sufficient inflow into the Veeranam Lake. The lake received sufficient inflow in April enabling supply to the city for three months. With heavy rain in Western Ghats, the lake almost got its storage capacity as it received inflow from the Cauvery tributaries Bhavani and Amaravathi.<ref>http://wikimapia.org/488090/Veeraanam-Lake</ref>		Veeranam Lake was built in the 10th century during the time of Greater Cholas (907–955 CE)<ref>{{cite news \| title= Veeranam Lake \|publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica\|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624524/Veeranam-Dam#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Veeranam%20Dam%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia\|year=2008\|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> and is a {{convert\|16\|km\|adj=on}} long dam in northern Tamil Nadu. It was built by [[Rajaditya]] Chola with his soldiers during leisure times, when they had camped at Thirumunaipadi for a war against Pallava kings. He named it after his father [[Parantaka I]] Chola, who had the title "Veeranarayanan". The lake was originally named as Veeranarayana Mangalam lake, and was about 20 km long and 7 km wide then.<ref>{{Cite book \|last=Kannan \|first=Sa.Na. \|title=ராஜராஜ சோழன் \|publisher=Kizhakku Pathippagam \|year=December 2010 \|isbn=9788184935950 \|location=177/103, First Floor, Ambal's building, Lloyds road, Royapettah, Chennai 600014 \|pages=52 \|language=ta}}</ref>The lake gets water from [[Kollidam]] via Vadavaru River. The lake remains dry for the major part of the year. Water released from the Mettur dam through Kollidam and [[Lower Anicut]] would also bring in sufficient inflow into the Veeranam Lake. The lake received sufficient inflow in April enabling supply to the city for three months. With heavy rain in Western Ghats, the lake almost got its storage capacity as it received inflow from the Cauvery tributaries Bhavani and Amaravathi.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://wikimapia.org/488090/Veeraanam-Lake\|title=Veeraanam Lake}}</ref>

	== The Veeranam Project ==		== The Veeranam Project ==

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{{short description|Man-made lake in Tamil Nadu, India}}
{{Infobox lake
| name = Veeranam Lake
| native_name ={{native name|ta|வீராணம் ஏரி}}
| image =Veeranam Lake Sunset.jpg
| alt = Sunset over Veeranam lake
| caption = Lake Veeranam
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| pushpin_map_alt = Location of the lake within Tamil Nadu
| location = [[Lalpet]], [[Cuddalore district]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[South India]]
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| lake_type = [[reservoir]], [[intermittent]]
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| outflow =
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| basin_countries = [[India]]
| length = {{convert|11.2|km|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|4|km|abbr=on}}
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[[File:Veeranam Lake Fishing.jpg|thumb|Veeranam Lake]]
'''Veeranam Lake''' ('''Veeranarayanapuram Lake''') is located {{convert|14|km|abbr=on}} SSW in [[Cuddalore district]] in the [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[South India]]. It is located {{convert|1|km|abbr=on}} from [[Lalpet]] and {{convert|235|km|abbr=on}} from [[Chennai]], [[India]]. It is one of the water reservoirs from where water is supplied to [[Chennai]] city. The lake has a capacity to store about 1,465 mcft of water. Though the level in the Veeranam lake has dipped to 323 million cubic feet (mcft), the same amount of 180 mld (million litres a day) was being drawn for city supply.

==History==
Veeranam Lake was built in the 10th century during the time of Greater Cholas (907–955 CE)<ref>{{cite news | title= Veeranam Lake |publisher=Encyclopædia Britannica|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/624524/Veeranam-Dam#tab=active~checked%2Citems~checked&title=Veeranam%20Dam%20--%20Britannica%20Online%20Encyclopedia|year=2008|access-date=2008-08-13}}</ref> and is a {{convert|16|km|adj=on}} long dam in northern Tamil Nadu. It was created by [[Rajaditya]] Chola. He named it after his father [[Parantaka I]] Chola, who had the title "Veeranarayanan". Veeranarayanapuram modified into Veeranam over time. Veeranam lake gets water from [[Kollidam]] via Vadavaru River. The lake remains dry for the major part of the year. Water released from the Mettur dam through Kollidam and [[Lower Anicut]] would also bring in sufficient inflow into the Veeranam Lake. The lake received sufficient inflow in April enabling supply to the city for three months. With heavy rain in Western Ghats, the lake almost got its storage capacity as it received inflow from the Cauvery tributaries Bhavani and Amaravathi.<ref>http://wikimapia.org/488090/Veeraanam-Lake</ref>

== The Veeranam Project ==
The Veeranam project,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2110/stories/20040521004009700.htm|title=A pipe dream?|author=V. Sridhar|date=8–21 May 2004|access-date=2007-03-16|publisher=Frontline}}</ref> to supply water to Chennai, was conceived in 1967 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, C. N. Annadurai, and executed under his successor, M. Karunanidhi. The project's completion in 2004 by the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, J.Jayalalitha. It was impossible to use any water from the lake since it had run dry, and the face-saving proposal adopted by the authorities was to dig 45 deep [[Borehole|borewells]] around the area and pump the resulting water {{convert|235|km|abbr=on}} to Chennai via the pipeline.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl2110/stories/20040521004009700.htm|title=A pipe dream?|author=V. Sridhar|date=8–21 May 2004|access-date=2007-03-16|publisher=Frontline}}</ref>
The length of the lake is 14 km and this may have been the largest lake in Tamil Nadu until the building of the [[Bhavanisagar Dam]] in 1955.{{fact|date=July 2021}} The credit goes to ancient people who have done this job with ordinary hand made tools.{{fact|date=July 2020}}

== In literature ==
The opening chapter of the book [[Ponniyin Selvan]] is set on the banks of the Veera Narayana Lake. [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]] gives an elaborate description of the features of the lake and the way multiple rivers flow into the lake. Kalki added Chola princess Kundavi used to come for refreshment at the banks of Veeranam lake during spring season. He also makes a reference to the fact, that [[Ramanujacharya]] decided on the number of 64 Peetas - ''74 simhasanathipathigal'' based on the number of 74 openings in the lake.

== Notes ==
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{{Hydrology of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Cuddalore district}}

[[Category:Reservoirs in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Cuddalore district]]

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