Manchinabele is a village in

Magadi Magadi is a town and taluk located in Bengaluru South District , Karnataka, India. History As per a legend, Magadi was founded in 1139 by a Chola king, who, in the course of an expedition, heard that in early times it had been the residence ...

taluk in

Ramanagara District Bengaluru South ( Ramanagara ) District is one of the 31 districts of Karnataka state in southern India. Ramanagara City is the administrative headquarters of this district. The district is part of Bangalore Division. History Ramanagara dist ...

. It has a population of 1098 according to 2011 census. It is 21 km from

, 22 km from

Ramanagara Ramanagara is a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. It is also the headquarters of the Bengaluru South District. It is approximately 50 kilometres from Bangalore. There are buses and trains as public transportations which approximately take ...

and 14 km from

Bidadi Bidadi is a town situated on the Bengaluru Bengaluru, also known as Bangalore (List of renamed places in India#Karnataka, its official name until 1 November 2014), is the Capital city, capital and largest city of the southern States a ...

Manchanabele dam

Manchanabele dam is nearby to the place, across the river

Arkavathy The Arkavati is an important mountain river in Karnataka, India, originating at Nandi Hills, India, Nandi Hills of Chikkaballapura district. It is a tributary of the Kaveri, which it joins at 34 km south of Kanakapura, Ramanagara District ...

. It is a trekking location. It provides water to

town,

Kayaking Kayaking is the use of a kayak for moving over water. It is distinguished from canoeing by the sitting position of the paddler and the number of blades on the paddle. A kayak is a low-to-the-water, canoe-like boat in which the paddler sits fac ...

also conducted here. Species of Water Snakes are also visible However, the

reservoir A reservoir (; ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam, usually built to water storage, store fresh water, often doubling for hydroelectric power generation. Reservoirs are created by controlling a watercourse that drains an existing body of wa ...

bed is a death trap with sudden fault-lines, large boulders as well as deep slush. More than 200 people have lost their lives between 2006 and 2011."Over 200 drowned in Manchanabele waters since 2006"
/ref> It is very dangerous to get into the waters in this reservoir even if one is a good

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

. The dam backwaters can also be accessed via Dabbaguli village or via Magadi road where few adventure resorts are located. The Dodda Alada Mara and Savanadurga are other tourist attractions in the circuit. The dam can be reached by direct buses from K. R. Market(Route nos. 227M, 227VA, 227VC, 242VA, 242W). File:Manchanbele2.jpg,

Savandurga Savandurga is a hill 60 km west of Bengaluru, Karnataka, off the Magadi road in India. It is the largest monolith hills in Asia. The hill rises to 1226 m above mean sea level and forms a part of the Deccan plateau. It consists of peninsula ...

visible from Manchanabele reservoir File:Manchanbele Dam 01.jpg, View of Manchanbele reservoir, Magadi,

File:Manchanbele Dam 02.jpg, View of Manchanbele reservoir, Magadi,

File:Manchanabele dam observation tower.jpg, Manchanabele dam observation tower File:Manchanabele dam reservoir.jpg, Manchanabele dam reservoir File:View of Manchanabele dam reservoir from the nearby hills.jpg, View of Manchanabele dam reservoir from the nearby hills

Notable people

Siddalingaiah Siddalingaiah (15 December 1936 – 12 March 2015) was an Indian film director, scriptwriter and producer who worked mainly in the Kannada films. He was well known for his distinct film-making style, and the industry knew him as a master of ...

- popular poet and activist in

Kannada Kannada () is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly in the state of Karnataka in southwestern India, and spoken by a minority of the population in all neighbouring states. It has 44 million native speakers, and is additionally a ...

, was born in the village.

References

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