Vani Vilasa Sagara

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Vani Vilasa Sagara
Vani Vilasa Sagara Dam in Chitradurga district, Karnataka
Location	Chitradurga district, Karnataka
Coordinates	13°53′26″N 76°28′37″E / 13.89056°N 76.47694°E / 13.89056; 76.47694
Dam and spillways
Impounds	Vedavathi River

Vani Vilasa Sagara, popularly known as Mari Kanive is a dam in Hiriyur Taluk, Chitradurga District, in the Indian state of Karnataka.^[1] It is located about 20 km east of Hiriyur, 55 km south of Chitradurga, and 180 km north-west of Bengaluru.

Vani Vilasa Sagara was built by the Mysore Maharajas pre-independence across the river Vedavathi. Vani Vilasa Sagara is the oldest dam in the state. The dam is an exquisite piece of architecture, an engineering marvel for that time. The dam irrigates a large area of the Deccan region of Central Karnataka, which is otherwise largely a dry land. It irrigates more than 100 km² of land in Hiriyur taluk through right and left bank canals. Vani Vilasa Sagara dam is also the source of domestic water for Hiriyur, Hosadurga Chitradurga and Challakere.