{"id":30665,"date":"2025-03-08T05:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T23:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30665"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:15:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T03:45:35","slug":"tunga-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tunga-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunga River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tunga River Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) recently identified seven sources of pollution in the Tunga river, while the district administration is investigating encroachments along its banks.<\/p>\n<h2>About Tunga River<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Tunga River, also known as the Thunga River, is an important river flowing in the <strong>Karnataka <\/strong>state.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Course<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The river <strong>originates <\/strong>in the<strong> Western Ghats<\/strong> on a hill called <strong>Varaha Parvata.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>birthplace <\/strong>of Tunga is <strong>called Gangamoola,<\/strong> which is <strong>a cave inside Varaha Parvatha.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The river flows for <strong>147 kilometers<\/strong> and then <strong>merges with the Bhadra River<\/strong> at Koodli, which is a small town near the city of Shimoga, Karnataka.<\/li>\n<li>From this stage the river <strong>becomes the Tungabhadra River,<\/strong> which then starts flowing in the east direction and eventually <strong>merges with the Krishna River in<\/strong> the state of <strong>Andhra Pradesh.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Tunga River is known for its <strong>pure, pristine waters.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also well known for housing a<strong> number of religious spots <\/strong>on its bank.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sringeri<\/strong>, a town located in the Chikmagalur district <strong>on the banks of the Tunga<\/strong> River has <strong>several temples.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Sarada Temple and the Vidyasankara Temple<\/strong> are the most temples on the bank of the Tunga.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gajanur (Tunga)<\/strong> is an <strong>s-shaped dam<\/strong> constructed over the river.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tunga River FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the birthplace of Tunga River?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The birthplace of Tunga is called Gangamoola, which is a cave inside Varaha Parvatha in the Western Ghats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the length of the Tunga River?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 147 kilometers<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Which dam is across the Tunga River?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Gajanur (Tunga) is an s-shaped dam constructed over the Tunga River.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanherald.com\/india\/karnataka\/kspcb-identifies-seven-pollution-sources-in-tunga-river-3435782\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Tunga River is a significant waterway in Karnataka, playing a crucial role in the region&#8217;s ecology, agriculture, and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30666,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30665","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30665"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30665\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}