{"id":23887,"date":"2024-06-02T04:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T22:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23887"},"modified":"2025-04-07T05:38:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T00:08:00","slug":"key-facts-about-pampa-lake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-pampa-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Facts about Pampa Lake"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Pampa Lake:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Pamba Lake\/Pampa Sarovar is situated in Koppal district <strong>near Hampi in Karnataka.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is located to the <strong>south of the Tungabhadra River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>one of the five sacred lakes<\/strong> known as <strong>Panch-Sarovar<\/strong> in Hindu mythology, which are namely, Man Sarovar, Bindu Sarovar, Narayan Sarovar, Pampa Sarovar, and Pushkar Sarovar.\n<ul>\n<li>In Hindu mythology, Pampa Sarovar is regarded as the place where Pampa, a form of Shiva\u2019s consort Parvati, performed penance to show her devotion to Shiva.<\/li>\n<li>It is also one of the Sarovars that finds a mention in the Hindu epic, Ramayana as the place where Shabhari, a devotee of Lord Rama, waited for the arrival of Rama.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The lake is surrounded by hills and temples and <strong>filled with lotuses.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Key Facts about Tungabhadra River:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a major river in the <strong>south Indian peninsula<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is a major <strong>tributary of the Krishna River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is formed by the <strong>union of two rivers<\/strong>, <strong>Tunga and Bhadra<\/strong>, hence the name.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Both the Tunga and Bhadra Rivers <strong>originate on<\/strong> the eastern slopes of the <strong>Western Ghats.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The two rivers merge at Koodli in the Shimoga district of Karnataka, giving birth to the Tungabhadra River.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It flows in a more or less northwest direction before <strong>joining the Krishna River<\/strong> at Sangamaleshwaram <strong>in Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Krishna River finally ends in the Bay of Bengal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The river has a <strong>total length of 531 km<\/strong> and a catchment area of 28,000 sq. km.<\/li>\n<li>It flows through the states of <strong>Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>It is <strong>influenced<\/strong> chiefly <strong>by the South-West monsoon.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Major Tributaries<\/strong>: <strong>Varada River and Hagari (Vedathy) River.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The river has <strong>several dams<\/strong> and reservoirs built on it, including the <strong>Tunga Anicut Dam<\/strong>, the <strong>Bhadra Dam<\/strong>, the <strong>Hemavathy Dam<\/strong>, and the Tungabhadra Dam.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1<\/strong>: Which are the main tributaries of Krishna River?<\/h3>\n<p>The principal tributaries joining Krishna are the Ghataprabha, the Malaprabha, the Bhima, the Tungabhadra and the Musi.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/news\/ancient-rock-paintings-discovered-near-pampa-lake-896828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Ancient Rock Paintings Discovered Near Pampa Lake<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pamba Lake\/Pampa Sarovar is situated in Koppal district near Hampi in 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