Krishnamurti Lake
Krishnamurti Lake was, and still presumably is, an artificial lake created on Farid Creek, which flowed beside the portion of the county road coming from Antelope to "downtown" Rajneeshpuram. It was the second artificial lake on the ranch, the first, Patanjali Lake, having been created by the ranch's previous owners on Kabir Creek. The two creeks met downtown and went on to flow into the big river downstream, Radha River, or the John Day River, as it is known by "outsiders".
Patanjali lake was created in a place which lent itself easily to the possibility. Krishnamurti Lake was much more of a stretch, requiring far more resources:people, equipment and money. Fortunately, resources were available, and since there was a strong need for a reliable source of a lot of water that would demonstrably not impact neighbours' water supplies, this project filled the bill admirably.
In fact, this project was so high-profile that it could not only be seen from the county road, it submerged the county road; the road had to be relocated a hundred feet higher. No one passing through could miss the point. And those who took bets that it would take impossibly long to fill up lost. It filled in six short weeks.
Sw Satyam Anando tells the story of building the dam in Osho News.
to be continued ...
