Telangana state, located in the Deccan Plateau, was subjected to major droughts and floods between the years 1960-2010, which occurred due to the damage and poor management of its historic water systems. Responding to this crisis faced in the region, the Government of the newly formed state of Telangana launched the ‘Mission Kakatiya’, a scheme which aimed to restore centuries-old tank irrigation networks. The Ghanpur tank is among the major tanks that were revived as a part of this project through de-silting and strengthening of the embankment, in 2017. The Ganapuram town, tank and temple complex were established in the early 13th century by Ganapati Reddy a subordinate ruler under the Kakatiya kings, with the tank on the south, and the temple complex on the north of the settlement. The tank spreads over an area of 725 hectares, irrigating 1,200 hectares of farmland through re-laid historic water channels. Historically the tank was managed by the community as collective ownership under the temple. Over time due to change administrative systems, the community was disconnected with its resources, both historic irrigation system and the temple. Currently, each of these resources is under the ownership of various departments, who work independently, addressing parts or portions of the town in isolation, without a collective goal to form a self-sustaining system. The paper on “Implications of rejuvenation on tradition tank irrigation systems” will introduce a critical dialogue on the ways forward in carrying out rejuvenation projects within rural historic landscapes. Here participants will be encouraged to understand various aspects of traditional self-sustaining systems that work within temple towns in India. Further, they will be able to work towards demonstrating means of encouraging community ownership and involvement to facilitate sustainable reintegration, in turn reducing the need to depend on the inconsistent flow of government resources.