All of the drainage pours into the gorge where it is built (the main stream bearing the name of Haridra, a tributary of the Tungabhadra).

[citation needed] It has resisted successfully the floods of centuries, but owing to the great pressure of the volume of the water in tank.

Notwithstanding the damaged state of the sluices and the great force of the water when escaping through them, the embankment has always remained firm and uninjured, a satisfactory proof of the solidity of the structure.

The construction of the tank is assigned to 11th or 12th century, and remains are pointed out, said have belonged to Svargavathi, the city was submerged, its king Vikrama raaya, who had no children, adopted the son of gowda of Billahalli.

The king's daughter, who, having formed a connection with some divinity, built, as an expiatory act, the tank, which submerged the town of her father, who had cursed her as a prostitute.

[9] Sulekere tank, 40 mi (64 km) round, which receives all the streams from the south, and from which Haridra issues to the north.

[10] On 22 September 1952 an adult Eel (Anguilla bengalensis) measuring 44 inches was found in a dragnet in the Sulekere reservoir.