Sulekere

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Sulekere

The largest tank in Mysore next to the Mari Kanave reservoir (see Hagari). It is in the middle of the Channagiri taluk of Shimoga District, and is said to be 40 miles round. It receives the drainage of 457 square miles, and is formed by a dam in a narrow gorge on a stream called the Haridra or Haridravati, which runs into the Tungabhadra at Harihar. The tank or kere is said to have been constructed in the eleventh or twelfth century by a sule or dancing-girl, whence its name. She was a king's daughter, and having formed a connexion with some divinity, built as an act of expiation the tank, which, however, submerged the city of her father, and she was cursed by him. The channels from the tank supply hundreds of acres planted with sugar-cane.