{"id":22617,"date":"2024-04-19T08:49:54","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T03:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22617"},"modified":"2025-10-13T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T07:02:37","slug":"lakshmana-tirtha-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/lakshmana-tirtha-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Lakshmana Tirtha River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Lakshmana Tirtha River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>tributary of<\/strong> the river <strong>Kaveri in Karnataka.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Course<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>originates<\/strong> in the <strong>Brahmagiri hills,<\/strong> Kodagu or <strong>Coorg District, Karnataka,<\/strong> and <strong>flows eastward.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>joins the Kaveri Riverin<\/strong> the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/krishnaraja-sagar-krs-dam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Krishna Raja Sagara Lake<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Total Length: 180 km<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lakshmanatirtha Falls,<\/strong> or the <strong>Irupu Falls,<\/strong> is a much-visited fresh water cascade located on the river, <strong>bordering Kerala,<\/strong> on the way to Nagerhole National Park.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Key Facts about Kaveri River<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Kaveri River, also known as <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/cauvery-basin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cauvery River<\/a>, is one of the <strong>major rivers of southern India<\/strong>, which is considered <strong>sacrosanct by the Hindus<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>It rises<\/strong> at an elevation of 1,341 m <strong>at Talakaveri<\/strong> on the <strong>Brahmagiri range<\/strong> near Cherangala village of <strong>Kodagu district of Karnataka<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The river <strong>drains into the Bay of Bengal<\/strong> at Poompuhar, in the Mayiladuthurai district of <strong>Tamil Nadu.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cauvery Basin:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It extends over the states of <strong>Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala,<\/strong> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/union-territories\/\" target=\"_blank\">Union Territory<\/a> of Puducherry.<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>bounded by <\/strong>the <strong>Western Ghats<\/strong> on the west, by the <strong>Eastern Ghats<\/strong> on the east and south and by the <strong>ridges separating it from the Krishna basin and Pennar basin<\/strong> on the north.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major left bank tributaries<\/strong>: <strong>Harangi<\/strong>, the <strong>Hemavati<\/strong>, the <strong>Shimsha,<\/strong> and the <strong>Arkavati<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Major right bank tributaries<\/strong>: <strong>Lakshmantirtha<\/strong>, the <strong>Kabbani<\/strong>, the <strong>Suvarnavati<\/strong>, the Bhavani, the Noyil, and the <strong>Amaravati.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: Western Ghats traverse through which states?<\/h3>\n<p>A chain of mountains running parallel to India&#8217;s western coast, approximately 30-50 km inland, the Ghats traverse the States of Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Goa, Maharashtra and Gujarat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehansindia.com\/karnataka\/lakshmana-teertha-river-dries-up-due-to-shortage-of-rainfall-873319\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Lakshmana Teertha river dries up due to shortage of rainfall<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lakshmana Tirtha River is a tributary of the river Kaveri in 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