{"id":73563,"date":"2025-11-15T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T07:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=73563"},"modified":"2025-11-18T13:48:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T08:18:26","slug":"palar-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/palar-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Palar River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Palar River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 60-year-old woman was washed away in a flash flood in the Palar river near Katpadi town in Vellore, Tamil Nadu, recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>About Palar River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a river in <\/span><b>southern India.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Nandidurg hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Kolar district of <\/span><b>Karnataka<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>flowing as an underground stream<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Guptagamini) <\/span><b>before emerging near Bethamangala town.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows <\/span><b>93 km in Karnataka, 33 km in Andhra Pradesh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>222 km in Tamil Nadu <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">before <\/span><b>finally reaching <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">its confluence in the <\/span><b>Bay of Bengal at Vayalur, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">about 100 km <\/span><b>south of Chennai.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The total area of the Palar River Basin is 17,633.19 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river has seven <\/span><b>tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with the<\/span><b> Cheyyar River and Ponnai River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> being the most significant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>cities <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Ramanaickenpet, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vaniyambadi, <\/span><b>Ambur, Vellore,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Melvisharam, <\/span><b>Arcot<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Walajapet (Anaicut), <\/span><b>Kanchipuram, and Chingleput<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are located on the banks of Palar River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many <\/span><b>ancient temples<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as the <\/span><b>Kolaramma Temple<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Someswara Temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Kolar and the <\/span><b>Kanchipuram temples, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are situated along its banks, making the river sacred and culturally significant.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Arcot Dam,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> built on the river in Tamil Nadu, is historically significant and is one of the oldest irrigation dams in the region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/woman-washed-away-in-palar-river-near-katpadi\/article70275335.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Palar River originates from the Nandidurg hills in the Kolar district of Karnataka. 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