Honnuhole

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Honnuhole

(or Suvarnavati, both meaning 'golden stream').— A tributary of the Cauvery, rising in the mountains of Coimbatore (Madras). It then fiows through the Chamrajnagar taluk and the Yelandur jaglr of Mysore District (Mysore), and re-entering Coim- batore falls into the Cauvery opposite Talakad, after a course of about 50 miles. Its name is an index of the fertility it spreads on both banks. There are ten permanent dams on it, and additional temporary dams are constructed when the water is low. The channels fed by means of these are more than 50 miles in length, irrigating about 5,000 acres. The river also feeds a number of large tanks, such as the Ramasamudra near Chamrajnagar.