Lingambudhi Park is a park in the Indian city of

Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38′ 59″ east longitude. It is located at an altitude of ...

Location

Lingambudhi Park is located on the northern and eastern sides of the

Lingambudhi Lake Lingambudhi Lake is a lake in the city of Mysore Mysore (), officially Mysuru (), is a city in the southern part of the state of Karnataka, India. Mysore city is geographically located between 12° 18′ 26″ north latitude and 76° 38 ...

. The north gate of the park is located at

Ramakrishna Nagar Ramakrishna Nagar is a residential locality in southern Mysuru, Karnataka. The inner part of the area is called the Andolana Circle or the Andolana intersection. It borders Kuvempunagar and Vivekanandanagar. See also * Kuvempunagar K ...

and the southern gate is located at Preethy Layout, Srirampur. Lingam Budhi Park Map

History

Lingambudhi stands first in terms of richness entirely due to its location bordering growing city. Lingambudhi lake is a perennial freshwater lake situated in the basin of River Cauvery. Since its construction in 1828 until the late 1980s, Lingambudhi lake was a typical village lake in the rural surroundings of the city of Mysore. Now this lake is close to a residential area called

Srirampura Srirampura is a town and residential suburb of Mysore city in India. It is located in the Southern part of the city . It has a population of approximately 11,000 according to the 2011 Census. The main landmarks of this area are Brahmarahbha Cho ...

. The lake was serving as a source of drinking water, irrigation, and fish produce; as a site for washing clothes and cattle; and as a place of religious worship for the people of Lingambudhi Palya, a village in the vicinity of the lake. A notification from the DCs office dated 28 August 2003, in response to the Forest Department’s proposal of 2001, had finally declared the Lingambudhi lake and its environs as a protected forest area and had transferred the ownership to the Forest Department. This was one of the significant milestones in the history of Lingambudhi lake which now enjoys the status of a protected forest. (Manjunath Sadashiva, 2007)

Image gallery

File:Lingam Budhi Park back view.jpg, Back view File:Preethy Layout.jpg, Back of the park

References

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