THE KAVERI RIVER
Clare Arni
The 785-kilometre-long Kaveri River has its source in the small sacred tank at Talakaveri in the Kodagu district of Karnataka. It drops more than 1,355 metres during its course before it reaches the sea at Poompuhar in the Bay of Bengal. The Kaveri has great historic as well as religious importance. Successive dynasties, including the Gangas, Cholas, and Mysore and Tanjavur kings, chose to build their cities on its banks. Their kingdoms, spanning over 1500 years, bear witness to the fact that they were great patrons of music, art and literature. The remnants of these are still found on the banks of this great river.
The source is on the wooded slopes of the Brahmagiri peak. A natural spring is enclosed in a small shrine ...
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