Mandya is a city, also taluka in the state of Karnataka. It is the headquarters of Mandya district. It is also called Sugar City because sugarcane is a major crop grown here, and sugar factories contr
Mandya bus stand
Krishna Raja Sagara, also known as KRS and, locally, as Kannambadi Katte, is a lake and the dam that forms it. Both sit near the settlement of Krishna Raja Sagara in the Indian State of Karnataka. The
Mandya
…city has been divided into 35 wards of the Mandya City Municipal Council. Mandya celebrated its 75th year anniversary (Amrutha Mahothsava) in 2015. The KRS dam was built by Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV and M. Visvesvaraya in Mandya, opening in 1932. Mandya is home to a number of historically important sites. In…
Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysore, circa 1902, who sanctioned the dam
Sir M. Visvesvaraya, Chief Engineer of Mysore (1909–1912) and later Diwan, who designed the dam
Karpur Srinivasa Rao, Chief Engineer of Mysore (1912–1917), who oversaw much of the dam's construction