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Laknavaram Lake

Laknavaram Lake is a large tank in Mulug taluk, formed by closing three narrow valleys with short bunds. The sources count it among the Kakatiya-period tanks of the district, but none names its builder.

Period
Kakatiya period. The builder is not recorded
Materials
Earthen bunds
Location
18.1483° N, 80.0769° E

Source of the position: Wikidata Q25567504

Condition
In use for irrigation (1981).
A wide, calm lake with a forested hill on the far shore and dense trees along the water's edge at right. The tall green tower of a suspension bridge stands at the far left.

Laknavaram Lake lies among forested hills. The tower of a modern suspension bridge for visitors stands at the far left.

Photo: Pinakpani, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0

A broad, still expanse of lake water under a grey, overcast sky. Several low, tree-covered islands lie across the middle distance, with faint hills on the horizon.

Several low, wooded islands rise from the still water of Laknavaram Lake. Low hills line the far horizon.

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Detail

  • The lake lies in Laknavaram village in Mulug taluk, about 21 km from Mulug and 69 km from Warangal. The 1981 census handbook calls it a sister to the Ramappa tank.District Census Handbook 1986
  • Three narrow valleys were each closed with a short bund to form the lake. Its catchment is about 195 square kilometres, and it irrigates about 5,260 hectares. Its surplus water ultimately joins the Godavari.District Census Handbook 1986
  • Parabrahma Sastry calls Laknavaram another big tank of the Kakatiya period. Like the Bayyaram tank and Pakala Lake, it is fed by streams that flow off a large plateau.Parabrahma Sastry 1978
  • The 1909 gazetteer lists Laknavaram among the chief large tanks of Warangal District, some of which were then in disrepair.Imperial Gazetteer 1909
  • The sources consulted contain no inscription that gives the builder or the date of the lake.Parabrahma Sastry 1978Epigraphia Telanganica 2023

Also recorded as

  • Laknavaram
  • Laknavaram Cheruvu
  • Laknavaram tank
  • Lakhnavaram
  • Lakhanvaram

Sources