Anantasagaram

Nellore District, Anantapur 515741, India

About

Anantasagaram is popular as one of largest reservoirs in the entire Anantapur district. This old reservoir tank occupies an area of about 10,161,656.5 sq. m. The city of Anantapur owes its name to this tank. According to folklore, a lady named Musalamma sacrificed herself in the Anantasagaram tank to block the breach. To commemorate her memory that portion of the tank was named as 'Musalammakatta'