History of Brindavan Gardens : The Brindavan Gardens, a celebrated adornment during this a part of Bharat is world noted for its radially symmetrical style. It is one amongst the foremost superbly arranged out terrace gardens in the world. The creation of this garden in the Krishnaraja Sagar Dam site has been the achievement of Sir Mirza Ismail, the then Dewan of the princely State of Mysore. The beautification of the entire dam complex was planned by Sir Mirza Ismail. Sculptured on the planning of the Shalimar Gardens of Jammu and Kashmir in the Mughal style, the garden is enriched with variety of terraces, fountains, parterres, running and cascading water channels, water chutes, flower beds, lush green lawns, Shrubs and Trees. Today, the Brindavan Gardens is world famous for its ethereal beauty, grandeur and illumination or musical fountain.

Brindavan Gardens Located in the Krishnaraja Sagar dam site in Srirangapatna Taluk of Mandya District, Karnataka State. Brindavan Gardens is at a distance of 24 kms from the Mysore, and 143 Kms from the Bangalore. The Krishnaraja Sagar dam is made across the watercourse Cauvery, one of the principal rivers in South Bharat. The Cauvery rises in the hills of Brahmagiri in Talacauvery, Kodagu District in the Western Ghats and traverses eastwards in karnataka for about 320 kilometers before entering Tamilnadu and finally joining the Bay of Bengal. The dam is known as once Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV during whose rule the Chief Engineer, Sir M. Vishveswaraya built the construction of the dam. The stream Cauvery below the enormous dam divides the garden into 2 parts.


Brindavan Gardens – Karnataka State

Brindavan Gardens – Karnataka State

Garden

The Brindavan Gardens, primarily a terrace garden is ordered out directly behind the Krishnaraja Sagar dam site. The Department of horticulture in 1927 started the work of laying out this garden, then known as the Krishnarajendra Terrace Garden. Today, the garden extends over a vicinity of sixty acres and it’s laid out in the 3 terraces, that ends in a very horseshoe shape. The slopes are planted with vibrant Bougainvilleas and decorative plants. This garden is a public park and it’s one in every of the vital traveller spots of Bharat. The garden is enriched with incalculable fountains adorned with colored lighting. The lighted running waters and fountains with ever-changing colors of lights is an occurrence that the tourists will foresee to in the evenings. The garden has several open areas, lawns, lighted flower beds and decorative plants. It additionally has well set out roads and pathways.

Fountain

The Musical and dancing fountain, is the main attraction of the visitors in Garden. The water colored light and music are harmonised in the fountain to form a water ballet controlled by an aquatic organ operated through a controller. Water is pumped-up to the fountain and the operation is processed. All the other fountains run due to the water pressure from the dam. A laser vision has additionally been developed for visitors. The illumination temporal order is the same as that for the garden. The musical and performing arts fountain is located in the North Brindavan Garden. A gallery and rain shelters are provided for the viewers.

Timings for Visitors: 6:30 am to 9:00 pm.