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| name = Manimuthar Dam<br />
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| image = Manimuthar Dam f.jpg<br />
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| location_map = Tamil Nadu<br />
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| location_map_caption = Location of the Manimuthar Dam in Tamil Nadu<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|8.653804|N|77.413418|E|region:IN_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| location = [[Manimutharu]], [[Tirunelveli District]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| purpose = Irrigation<br />
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| opening = 1958<br />
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| dam_type = [[Gravity dam]]<br />
| dam_height = {{convert|118|ft|m|0|abbr=on}}<br />
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| res_name = Manimuthar reservoir <br />
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The '''Manimuthar Dam''' is located in [[Manimutharu]] {{convert|50.8|km}} away from [[Tirunelveli]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is the biggest reservoir of the [[Tirunelveli district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/papanasam-dam-filling-up-finally/article19158808.ece|title=Papanasam dam filling up, finally|date=28 June 2017|accessdate=12 December 2017|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Manimuthar_Dam_D00969|title=Manimuthar Dam D00969 -|website=India-wris.nrsc.gov.in|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nellai.tn.nic.in/reserviors.html|title=Water Reservoirs|website=Nellai.tn.nic.in|accessdate=12 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/manimuthar-dam-overflows/article6712527.ece|title=Manimuthar dam overflows|date=21 December 2014|accessdate=12 December 2017|website=Thehindu.com}}</ref><br />
This dam was built in 1958 near [[Singampatti and Kallidaikurichi]], by the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister [[K. Kamaraj]], and K T Kosalram MP to prevent the drainage of surplus rainwaters with the [[Bay of Bengal]] during the rainy season. It can hold water up to 118 feet. The dam's storage capacity is 5,511 million cubic feet (5.5 Tmcft). The total length of the dam is 3&nbsp;km<br />
It irrigated around 65,000 acres of areas in the northern part of the [[Nanguneri]] Taluk and [[Thisayanvilai]] and southern [[Veeravanallur]], Karispalpatti, which are not irrigated by Pachaiyaaru in Tirunelveli district. The downstream joins River Thamirabarani in Kallidaikurichi after 6&nbsp;km of its journey.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://tamil.thehindu.com/opinion/columns/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A8%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%A3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%A4%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%87%E0%AE%B0%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B1%E0%AF%81-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%85%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%88%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B3%E0%AF%8D-%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%AA%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%BE/article7557041.ece | title=பாபநாசம், மணிமுத்தாறு, சேர்வலாறு: படியளக்கும் அணைகள் பாதுகாக்கப்படுமா? | publisher=தி இந்து | website=Tamil.thehindu.com | date=2015-03-19 | accessdate=8 November 2017 | author=அ.அருள்தாசன்}}</ref><br />
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