Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Asirvanam Ashram 1

Also called Kambhipura Govt. Karabu kere-2

Kere, a large tank, in Kambipura village, Bengaluru South taluk

See it on the map
Size
3.59 acresAbout 2 football pitches
Rank by size
1112th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Vrishabhavathi
Who looks after it
ZPZilla Panchayat
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0.6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 2% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1891 to 1913, 1915 to 1972 and 1974 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1890 to 2026.

  1. 1890

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1914

    Not on the survey map

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  3. 1973

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    No open water seen in any year

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

    See source

  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare from 2022

    About three in four of these readings are right, so trust what holds for several years

    See source

  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    2% encroached, clean, 5.33 acres surveyed

    See source

  8. 2025-2026

    Mostly dry or built after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 0% open water
    • 1% floating weed
    • 99% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 0% open water
    • 0% floating weed
    • 100% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

The records disagree on its size, so each measure is shown.

Drawn outline
3.59 acres

About 2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
5.33 acres

About 3 football pitches

See source
End to end
203 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
2 m
See source
Kind of lake
Kere, a large tank
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How clean the water is

State pollution board
Not tested by the state board
How it looked in 2018
Clean
See source

How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0.6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.20 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Government agencies

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Taken for

Road

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Where it is encroached

On the north-east and east side

See source
Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Land within 500 m

25% crops, 24% trees, 22% shrubs, 21% built, 7% grass, 0.7% bare ground

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Zilla Panchayat

ZP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Vrishabhavathi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Asirvanam Ashram 2

See source
Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

See source
Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 2 culverts, no check dams and no islands

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Doddabele 40MLD Sewage Treatment Plant

1.4 km away, treats 40 million litres a day

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What lives here

Birds recorded
81 species

Most seen: Red Avadavat, Red-wattled Lapwing, Black Kite, Black Drongo and Green Bee-eater.

296 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
159 species

421 records, 2018 to 2026

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Photographed on iNaturalist
330 times

149 species, 223 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Chequered Keelback, Red Avadavat, Eastern Cattle-Egret, Hycleus biundulatus and Banded Scarlet Tip.

Last seen Sep 2026

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Water plants, 2018 survey

Emergent

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Plantation, vacant land & apartment

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Greater Bengaluru
Outside the city limits
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Village
Kambipura

Kengeri hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

70

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Height above sea level
780 m
See source
Coordinates

12.8878° N, 77.4680° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
376
2018 lake survey
BUBSKGkmp_kr3-1200
KGIS tank map
1226
Water bodies census
1/12/002/000003/000001/002