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title="Vani Vilasa Sagara is located in Karnataka"><img alt="Vani Vilasa Sagara is located in Karnataka" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg/235px-India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="235" height="333" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg/353px-India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg/470px-India_Karnataka_relief_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="898" data-file-height="1273" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:65.808%;left:56.967%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Vani Vilasa Sagara"><img alt="Vani Vilasa Sagara" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Vani Vilasa Sagara Dam in <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga_district" title="Chitradurga district">Chitradurga district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chitradurga_district" title="Chitradurga district">Chitradurga district</a>, <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&params=13_53_26_N_76_28_37_E_type:landmark"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">13°53′26″N</span> <span class="longitude">76°28′37″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">13.89056°N 76.47694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">13.89056; 76.47694</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:skyblue;">Dam and spillways</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Impounds</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vedavathi_River" title="Vedavathi River">Vedavathi River</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Marikanivemod.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Marikanivemod.jpg/220px-Marikanivemod.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Marikanivemod.jpg/330px-Marikanivemod.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Marikanivemod.jpg/440px-Marikanivemod.jpg 2x" data-file-width="564" data-file-height="400" /></a><figcaption>A view across the dam.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vani Vilasa Sagara, popularly known as <b>Mari Kanive</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Dam" title="Dam">dam</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hiriyur" title="Hiriyur">Hiriyur</a> <a href="/wiki/Taluk" class="mw-redirect" title="Taluk">Taluk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga" title="Chitradurga">Chitradurga</a> <a href="/wiki/District" title="District">District</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">Indian</a> state of <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is located about 20 km east of Hiriyur, 55 km south of Chitradurga, and 180 km north-west of <a href="/wiki/Bengaluru" title="Bengaluru">Bengaluru</a>. </p><p>Vani Vilasa Sagara was built by the <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> Maharajas pre-independence across the river <a href="/wiki/Vedavathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedavathi">Vedavathi</a>. Vani Vilasa Sagara is the oldest dam in the state. The dam is an exquisite piece of architecture, an engineering marvel for that time. The dam irrigates a large area of the <a href="/wiki/Deccan_Plateau" title="Deccan Plateau">Deccan</a> region of Central <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a>, which is otherwise largely a dry land. It irrigates more than 100 km<sup>2</sup> of land in <a href="/wiki/Hiriyur" title="Hiriyur">Hiriyur</a> taluk through right and left bank canals. Vani Vilasa Sagara dam is also the source of domestic water for <a href="/wiki/Hiriyur" title="Hiriyur">Hiriyur</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hosadurga" title="Hosadurga">Hosadurga</a> <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga" title="Chitradurga">Chitradurga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Challakere" title="Challakere">Challakere</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vani Vilasa Sagara across the river <a href="/wiki/Vedavathi" class="mw-redirect" title="Vedavathi">Vedavathi</a> was built by the <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> Maharajas pre-independence. The project was initiated by the regent Queen Maharani <a href="/wiki/Kempa_Nanjammani_Vani_Vilasa_Sannidhana" class="mw-redirect" title="Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana">Kempa Nanjammani Vani Vilasa Sannidhana</a> who was a widow of Maharaja Chamaraaja Wadiyar. She is known for her exemplary social works. For the construction of this dam royals of Mysore had to pledge royal jewellery due to shortage of money, that is why it was named as "Vani Vilasa Sagara". The <a href="/wiki/Mari_Kanive" class="mw-redirect" title="Mari Kanive">Mari Kanive</a> irrigation project was initiated by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Cubbon_(army_officer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mark Cubbon (army officer)">Sir. Mark Cubbon</a>, the British Resident of <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mysore" title="Kingdom of Mysore">Mysore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Further improvements to the dam was initiated by Diwan Sheshadri Iyer in 1897<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> at the order of His Highness the <a href="/wiki/Maharaja" title="Maharaja">Maharaja</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mysore" title="Mysore">Mysore</a> Sri <a href="/wiki/Krishnaraja_Wadiyar_IV" class="mw-redirect" title="Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV">Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV</a>. Vani Vilasa Sagara is taller than <a href="/wiki/Krishna_Raja_Sagara" title="Krishna Raja Sagara">KRS</a> dam of Mysore. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Features">Features</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Features"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dam is capable of storing 30<a href="/wiki/Tmcft" title="Tmcft">Tmcft</a> of water. The dam has full reservoir level(FRL) of 130 feet mark, but its water level is measurable up to 135 feet, which was attained only in the year 1933. The dam crossed 120 feet mark numerous times, namely in 1932, 1934, 1956, 1957, 1958, 2000, 2021 and 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 2, 2022, milestone was reached after 89 years, when the dam was filled till brim at 130feet with inflow of over 3,000 cusecs.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Upper_Bhadra_Project">Upper Bhadra Project</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Upper Bhadra Project"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Due to insufficient water quantity in the reservoir, to cater the drinking and irrigation needs of people in <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga_district" title="Chitradurga district">Chitradurga district</a> and eastern part of <a href="/wiki/Chikkamagaluru_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Chikkamagaluru district">Chikkamagaluru district</a>, the Government of Karnataka, has made a milestone project called Upper-Bhadra project. As per the project, out of 17 TMC ft. of water lifted from Tunga <a href="/wiki/Gajanur,_Shimoga" title="Gajanur, Shimoga">Gajanur Dam</a> and 29.90 TMC ft. of water lifted from <a href="/wiki/Bhadra_Dam" title="Bhadra Dam">Bhadra Dam</a>, 2 <a href="/wiki/Tmcft" title="Tmcft">Tmcft</a> is exclusively allotted to this dam.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The dam has been a tourist attraction for many years, but has been apparently neglected as a prime <a href="/wiki/Tourist_destination" class="mw-redirect" title="Tourist destination">tourist destination</a>. Recently, though, the development work undertaken by the forest department to restore the nearby forest cover, and the 'panchavati' gardens - a garden of medicinal plants with the old Indian cultural theme has improved the tourist figures, making it a popular weekend picnic spot. The 'panchavati' garden has medicinal plants lined up representing cultural themes - the 'Rashis', 'Sapta swaras', 'Nava grahas' and many more. The tourists who visit <a href="/wiki/Chitradurga" title="Chitradurga">Chitradurga</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hosdurga" class="mw-redirect" title="Hosdurga">Hosdurga</a> often visit Mari kanive on the way. The historic maarikaamba temple here also attracts many tourists. The place is around 20 km drive from <a href="/wiki/Hiriyur" title="Hiriyur">Hiriyur</a> on a deviation from <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_48_(India)" title="National Highway 48 (India)">NH-48</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bangalore" class="mw-redirect" title="Bangalore">Bangalore</a> - <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Mumbai</a> National Highway). </p><p>The backwaters of the dam is tailormade for water sports. The Youth Services and Sports Department has chalked out a programme to draw more youngsters towards adventure sport in the region. With the help of General Thimayya Adventure Sports Academy, an adventure sport centre is being planned at a cost of Rs 2.5 crore.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg/220px-Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg/330px-Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg/440px-Vanivilas_sagara_dam_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>Vanivilas Dam-Loaps</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vani_Vilasa_Sagara&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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