Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Tataguni Lake

ಕುಪ್ಪರೆಡ್ಡಿ ಕೆರೆ

Also called U. Manavarthe kaval kere, Karithimmaiahna kere, Kuppareddi Kere

Kere, a large tank, in Talagattapura ward, Bengaluru South

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Size
5.70 acresAbout 3.2 football pitches
Rank by size
975th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Suvarnamukhi
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Not tested for water quality yet
Built over
0% of the lakeSatellite land cover, 2021

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1904 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1903 to 2026.

  1. 1903

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1980

    On the survey map

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  3. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 33% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    0% of its water area has since gone dry; 80% is new water

    4 years not counted: the satellite saw under half the lake

    Floating weed looks like dry land to this record, so a weed-covered year can read as dry

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  4. 2017-2025

    Mostly water every year

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

    See source

  5. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    Clean, 12.6 acres surveyed

    See source

  6. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 81% open water
    • 10% floating weed
    • 9% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 65% open water
    • 34% floating weed
    • 0.6% dry or built
    See source

How big it is

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

Drawn outline
5.70 acres

About 3.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
12.6 acres

About 7.1 football pitches

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End to end
277 m

The longest straight line across the outline

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Deepest point, 2018
3 m
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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
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
0%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Land within 500 m

50% trees, 42% shrubs, 4% grass, 3% built, 2% water

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Who looks after it

Looked after by
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

BBMP

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Suvarnamukhi

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Kuppareddy Kere

See source
Catchment
0.4 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall

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Built parts, 2018 survey

1 inlet drain, 1 overflow weir, no sluice gates, no culverts, no check dams and no islands

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What lives here

Birds recorded
24 species

Most seen: Indian Pond-Heron, Little Egret, Asian Koel, White-throated Kingfisher and Brahminy Kite.

34 sightings, mostly from birdwatchers

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All wildlife recorded
25 species

35 records, 2018 to 2025

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Photographed on iNaturalist
1 times

1 species, 1 confirmed by other naturalists.

Most seen: Flame vine.

Last seen Feb 2018

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Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds, butterflies and dragonflies

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Weed cover, 2018 survey

Partial

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Around it

Around it in 2018

Forest & devikarani roerich estate

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 52
Talagattapura

ತಲಘಟ್ಟಪುರ

Bengaluru South corporation, Yeshwanthapura assembly seat

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Village
Uttarah.Manavarte Kaval

Uttarahalli hobli, Bengaluru South taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

15

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Height above sea level
827 m
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Coordinates

12.8448° N, 77.5235° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
974
2018 lake survey
BUBSUHumk_kr4-1376
KGIS tank map
1175