Lakes of Bendakaluru

Satellite view: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics

Yekkalagatta kere,Mahadevepura Kere

ಗೋಶಾಲ ಕೆರೆ

Also called Garudacharya palya lake (Goshala), Yekkalagatta kere, Goshala Lake, Yeklgata Lake

Kere, a large tank, in Garudachar Palya ward, Bengaluru East

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Size
3.90 acresAbout 2.2 football pitches
Rank by size
1089th largestOf 1,621 lakes that still exist
Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta
Who looks after it
BBMPBruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
Water quality
Fit only for irrigationTested Jul 2026
Built over
6% of the lakeSatellite, 2021. The 2018 survey found 0.0% encroached.

Through the years

Nothing on record for 1890 to 1944, 1946 to 1979 and 1981 to 1983.

The records listed below, drawn on one line from 1889 to 2026.

  1. 1889

    Built

    As the 2018 lake survey records it

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  2. 1945

    On the survey map

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  3. 1980

    Not on the survey map

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  4. 1984-2021

    Held water most years

    Water in 7% of all satellite passes, 1984-2024

    9% of its water area has since gone dry; 5% is new water

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  5. 2017-2018

    In the water bodies census, not marked as encroached

    This census's status marks are often wrong

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  6. 2017-2025

    Mostly built on or bare every year

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

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  7. 2018

    Still there in the 2018 lake survey

    0.0% encroached, sewage, 5.35 acres surveyed

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  8. 2024

    On the state's list of Bengaluru lakes, looked after by BBMP

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  9. 2025-2026

    Tested by the state board in 16 months, most often fit only for irrigation

    Apr 2025 to Jul 2026

    See every testSee source

  10. 2025-2026

    Mostly open water after the monsoon and in the dry season

    After monsoon, Oct 2025 to Dec 2025

    • 72% open water
    • 11% floating weed
    • 17% dry or built

    Dry season, Mar 2026 to May 2026

    • 90% open water
    • 5% floating weed
    • 6% dry or built
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How big it is

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

Drawn outline
3.90 acres

About 2.2 football pitches

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2018 lake survey
5.35 acres

About 3 football pitches

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End to end
219 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

Latest test
Fit only for irrigation

Fit only for irrigation, cooling and waste disposal. Class E on the state board’s scale from A, the cleanest, to E.

Tested Jul 2026

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Class each month, tested 16 times since Apr 2025
Fit only for wildlife and fish: 8 months. Fit only for irrigation: 8 months. Every month is listed in the readings below.
Drinkable after disinfection
Fit for bathing
Drinkable after treatment
Fit only for wildlife and fish
Fit only for irrigation
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How it looked in 2018
Sewage
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What pollutes it, 2018

Sewage

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Sewage flows in, 2018

From the north-west and south-west

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Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18
1 readings
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Every reading
Show every reading

Latest test, Jul 2026. Too low to measure: boron, carbonate, phenolphthalein alkalinity

MeasureUnitValue
Water temperature°C26
Dissolved oxygenmg/L1.4
pH8.1
ConductivityµS/cm799
BODmg/L30
Nitratemg/L as N2.8
Nitritemg/L as N0.12
Faecal coliformMPN/100mL2,300
Total coliformMPN/100mL5,800
Bicarbonatemg/L224
TurbidityNTU30.2
Total alkalinitymg/L as CaCO3224
Chloridemg/L148
CODmg/L220
Kjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as N3.3
Ammonia nitrogenmg/L as N2.5
Total hardnessmg/L as CaCO3156
Calcium hardnessmg/L as CaCO384
Calciummg/L33.6
Magnesium hardnessmg/L as CaCO372
Magnesiummg/L17.5
Sulphatemg/L14
Sodiummg/L69
Dissolved solidsmg/L538
Suspended solidsmg/L36
Phosphatemg/L1.2
Potassiummg/L13
Fluoridemg/L0.27
Sodium share%46
Sodium adsorption ratio2.4
Orthophosphatemg/L3.1

Every month the state board tested it

MonthClassDissolved oxygenmg/LBODmg/LFaecal coliformMPN/100mLTotal coliformMPN/100mLSource
Jul 2026E1.4302,3005,800See source
Jun 2026D5.462608,400See source
May 2026E2.5323905,400See source
Apr 2026D4.762401,700See source
Mar 2026D554702,800See source
Feb 2026E1.8353402,400See source
Jan 2026D655803,500See source
Dec 2025E1.2412,20013,000See source
Nov 2025E2.2253302,400See source
Oct 2025E1.8294,30015,000See source
Sep 2025D5101,7007,900See source
Aug 2025E3.2192,60015,000See source
Jul 2025D4.387807,000See source
Jun 2025D5.262101,400See source
May 2025D5.461,2007,000See source
Apr 2025E2.7181,1007,900See source

Inlet and outlet tests, 2017-18 lake survey

DateWhereWater temperature°CpHConductivityµS/cmDissolved solidsmg/LSuspended solidsmg/LTurbidityNTUDissolved oxygenmg/LCODmg/LBODmg/LTotal phosphateKjeldahl nitrogenmg/L as NTotal coliformMPN/100mL
2017-11-2922.671,5421,26056884.50.220849.9237900
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How much is built over

Built inside the outline
6%

From satellite land cover, 2021

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Encroached area, 2017
0.63 acres

Reported by the state legislature’s committee on lake encroachment

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Encroached by

Private owners

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Taken for

Waste seggr. shed

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Where it is encroached

On the north-west side

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Dumped in it

Garbage & construction debris

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Land record maps
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Land within 500 m

72% built, 16% trees, 5% crops, 3% water, 2% bare ground, 2% grass, 0.7% shrubs

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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City lake page

Open its page on the city’s lake monitoring site

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Where its water comes from and goes

Valley
Koramangala-Challaghatta

The river basin its water drains to

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Overflows into

Doddanekundi Kere

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Catchment
0.7 km²

The land that drains into it

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Fed by, 2018 survey

Rainfall & drain

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Built parts, 2018 survey

2 inlet drains, no overflow weirs, no sluice gates, 1 culvert, no check dams and no islands

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Used for, 2018 survey

Cattle feeding

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Nearest sewage treatment plant

Sewage Treatment Plant

2.9 km away

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What lives here

Animals seen, 2018 survey

Birds and butterflies

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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

Apartm., vacant land, road, villas & garbageseggregation shed

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Photos

No photos of it on Wikimedia Commons yet.

Where it is

Ward 35
Garudachar Palya

ಗರುಡಾಚಾರ್ ಪಾಳ್ಯ

Bengaluru East corporation, Mahadevapura assembly seat

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Village
Mahadevapura

KR Puram hobli, Bengaluru East taluk, Bengaluru Urban district

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Land survey numbers

86

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Height above sea level
892 m
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Coordinates

12.9867° N, 77.6982° E

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Read more

OpenStreetMap
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Its number in each record
ATREE lake map
119
2018 lake survey
BUBEKRmvp_kr2-733
Lake Development Authority
LDA141
KGIS tank map
667
Water bodies census
2/12/002/253189/026053/002
City lake monitoring site
203