Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Krishna Raja Sagara, also popularly known as KRS, is the name of both a lake and the dam that causes it. For information about the settlement near the dam and reservoir, see Krishnarajasagara. The dam is across Kaveri River, in Mandya District near Mysore in Karnataka state, India. There is an ornamental garden attached to the dam, called Brindavan Gardens. The dam was built across river Kaveri, the life giving river for the Mysore and Mandya districts, in 1924.