The Amaravati River is the longest tributary of the

Kaveri River The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery) is a major river flowing across Southern India. It is the third largest river in the region after Godavari and Krishna. The catchment area of the Kaveri basin is estimated to be and encompasses the states o ...

in the fertile districts of

Udumalpet Udumalaipettai also known as Udumalai, is a town in Tiruppur district in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 535 km (332 mi) south west from the state capital, Chennai and 72 km (45 ...

Dharapuram Dharapuram is a town situated along the banks of Amaravati River in Thiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Dharapuram is one of the oldest towns in South India and was the capital of Kongu Nadu under the Cheras, Western Ganga ...

and

Karur Karur () is a municipal corporation (India), municipal corporation in the States and union territories of India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of Karur district and is administered by the Karur Municipal Cor ...

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

state,

South India South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of ...

Course

The long Amaravati River begins at the

Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...

border at the bottom of

Manjampatti Valley Manjampatti Valley is a protected area in the eastern end of Indira Gandhi National Park, Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park (IGWS&NP) in Tirupur District, Tamil Nadu, South India. It is a pristine drainage basin of shola and mo ...

between the

Anaimalai Hills The Anamala or Anaimalai, also known as the Elephant Mountains, are a range of mountains in the southern Western Ghats of central Kerala ( Idukki district, Ernakulam district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district) and span the border of wester ...

and the

Palni Hills The Palani Hills are a mountain range in the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The Palani Hills are an eastward extension of the Western Ghats ranges, which run parallel to the west coast of India. The Palani Hills adjoin with ...

Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park Anaimalai Tiger Reserve, earlier known as Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park and as Anaimalai Wildlife Sanctuary, is a Protected areas of India, protected area in the Anaimalai Hills of Pollachi and Valparai taluks of Coimbatore ...

Tirupur district Tiruppur District is one of the 38 districts of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, formed in 22 February 2009. Dharapuram was the largest taluk by area in the district. The district is well-developed and industrialized. The Tiruppur banian indus ...

. It descends in a northerly direction through

Amaravathi Reservoir The Amaravathi Dam is a dam constructed across the Amaravathi River. It is located at Amaravathinagar, south of Udumalpet on SH 17 in the Indira Gandhi Wildlife Sanctuary, Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The associated ...

and

Amaravathi Dam The Amaravathi Dam is a dam constructed across the Amaravathi River. It is located at Amaravathinagar, south of Udumalaipettai, Udumalpet on State Highway 17 (Tamil Nadu - Kerala, India), SH 17 in the Indira Gandhi National Park, Indira Gandh ...

Amaravathinagar Amaravathinagar is a small town in the foothills of Annamalai Hills in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, India; 17 km south on SH 17 from Udumalpet and around 80 km south of Downtown Coimbatore city. The three major employers in this ...

. It is joined by the Kallapuram River at the mouth of the Ajanda valley in

Udumalaipettai Udumalaipettai also known as Udumalai, is a town in Tiruppur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located 535 km (332 mi) south west from the state capital, Chennai and 72 km (45 mi) from Coimbatore.It is the hea ...

. Through

and

Aravakurichi Aravakurichi is a panchayat town and a Taluk headquarters in Karur district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Aravakurichi is well known in Tamil Nadu as a major market for Moringa oleifera vegetable (commonly known as Drumstick). Aravakurichi ...

it joins with the Kaveri at Thirumukkudalur, about from

. Nanganji, Kodavanar, Shanmuga nadhi, Uppar, Kudumiar, Thenar and many other tributaries join with the Amravati river. Other tributaries also include Pambar and Chinnar rivers from

Use

This river irrigates over of agricultural lands in

Tiruppur Tiruppur or Tirupur ( ), is a city and municipal corporation in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located on the banks of the Noyyal river in Western Tamil Nadu, it is the fourth largest city in the state. It is the administrative capital of T ...

and

districts. The

has 4 megawatts of electricity generating capacity installed. The Amaravathi River and its basin, especially in the vicinity of

, are heavily used for industrial processing water and waste disposal and as a result are severely polluted due to large amount of textile dyeing and bleaching units. But nowadays in karur, the changes are vicinity by seeing Amaravati river on its clean surface because of pollution controlled by government.Marcus Moench, Rethinkng the Mosaic, Investigations into Local Water Management, Addressing Constraints in Complex Systems, Chapter 1
''Meeting the Water Management Needs of South Asia in the 21st Century''
, pub: Nepal Water Conservation Foundation, Kathmandu, and the Institute for Social and Environmental Transition, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A., 1999, pp 145-146

History

The ancient names of the river is ''Aanporunai'' and ''Aambravathi''. Amaravathi, invokes the greenery and Kalpavriksha tree of Lord

Indra Indra (; ) is the Hindu god of weather, considered the king of the Deva (Hinduism), Devas and Svarga in Hinduism. He is associated with the sky, lightning, weather, thunder, storms, rains, river flows, and war. volumes Indra is the m ...

's heaven. The name Amaravathi echoes the Hindu past and present of southern India. By Hindu religion, river is from the grace of goddess Ambaal form the heaven. The Amaravathi river swells into life in the Anjanad valley (Anaimalai, Kerala state) of the Western Ghats, whose slopes are awash with Kurinji blossoms once every 12 years, descends to the plains near Udumalaipettai, Tamil Nadu, and flows to make the rich plains of Dharapuram and Karur . It is one of the longest rivers (282 km) in Tamil Nadu, which join with the river Cauvery, near Karur.

Gallery

File:Amaravathy River Kadathur.JPG, The view of Amaravathy River near the Arjuneswarar Temple in Kadathur File:Dry-Amaravathi-at-Karur.JPG, The wide Amaravathi River bed at Karur File:Defunct-Amaravathi-Toll-Plaza-Karur.jpg, Toll plaza near Karur on NH7

Notes

{{Kaveri River Rivers of Tamil Nadu Tributaries of the Kaveri River Geography of Coimbatore