Venugopal swamy temple | mysore| KRS Backwater

Before the Krishna Raja Sagara dam project was conceived by M. Visvesvarayya in 1909, the temple complex was located in the village of Kannambadi. The KRS Dam project meant that Kannambadi and other surrounding settlements would be submerged. The then king of Mysore, Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV ordered the construction of a new village for the residents of Kannambadi and named it Hosa Kannambadi (New Kannambadi).[1] However, the Venugopala Swamy temple complex and 2 other temples namely Kenneshwara (Ishwara) temple and Kalamma Temple had to be abandoned. By 1930, the first phase of the dam was completed and all three temples were submerged.[2] The main idol of Venugopalaswamy, Krishna playing on flute as a cow-herd, was shifted to a new temple in the rehabilitated village before the submersion.[3]