| Upper Anaicut | |
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  Location of Upper Anaicut in Tamil Nadu  Upper Anaicut (India) | |
| Official name | Upper Anicut[1] |
| Coordinates | 10°53′08″N 78°34′37″E / 10.885666°N 78.5770653°E |
| Construction began | 1836 |
| Opening date | 1838 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Impounds | Kaveri River[1] |
The Upper Anaicut (alternatively Upper Anicut), also known as Mukkombu is a dam built on the Kaveri River in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The regulator dam was constructed between 1836 and 1838 by Sir Arthur Cotton, a British irrigation engineer who was inspired by the architectural beauty of Grand Anaicut canal built by Karikala Chola in Kallanai of Thanjavur district in the second century.
Upper Anaicut or Mukkombu is about 18 kilometers (11 mi) west of Trichy and 2 kilometers away from Jeeyapuram at a point where River Kollidam branches out from the main river, Cauvery. It is a lovely picnic spot skirting acres of verdant greenery. The place also has a well-manicured park. Mukkombu is about 685-meter long (2283 foot),
It breaks into two channels at the Upper Anaicut to form the island of Srirangam, which is enclosed in between the delta of Thanjavur (Tanjore), the garden of Tamil Nadu.[2]
- ^ a b "Upper Anicut". India-WRIS. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
- ^ Tourists visit Mukkombu on Kaanum Pongal day