Kaveri River Madhya Pradesh
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Kaveri (कावेरी नदी) is a tributary of the Narmada River in Madhya Pradesh, India. It has a length of 40 km, and a catchment area of 954 km².[1]
Variants
Kaveri River Madhya Pradesh (कावेरी-2) (AS, p.184)
Course
The Kaveri river meets the Narmada river near Mandhata (Omkareshwar), around 882 km from Narmada's source.[2]
The Narmada Mahatmya texts, which glorify the Narmada river, extol the confluence (sangam) of Narmada and Kaveri as a holy place (tirtha). Along with its bigger namesake in the South, the Kaveri river of Madhya Pradesh has been mentioned in the Matsya and the Kurma Puranas.[3]
The Matsya and the Padma Puranas declare:[4] The junction of the Kaveri and Narmada is famed throughout the world; it destroys all sins; one should bathe there because the Kaveri is very sacred and the Narmada is a great river; whatever benefit a man may gain between the Ganges and Yamuna (that is, at Prayaga), the same accrues to him when he bathes at the Kaveri-sangama.
According to the Matsya Purana, Kubera performed a tapas in honour of Shiva at the confluence of Kaveri and Narmada, which made him the lord of Yakshas.[5]
The Kurma Purana also similarly praises the confluence, declaring that it destroys guilts. It recommends that one should bathe and worship Shiva at this confluence.[4] The Agni Purana also mentions a Kaveri sangama, which F. E. Pargiter identifies with the Kaveri-Narmada confluence.[6]
कावेरी नदी
विजयेन्द्र कुमार माथुर[7] ने लेख किया है ...2. कावेरी (AS, p.184): नर्मदा की उपधारा का नाम. मांधाता नामक तीर्थ नर्मदा और कावेरी से गिरे हुए एक द्वीप पर बसा है. यहाँ कावेरी वास्तव में नर्मदा की एक धारा है जो मांधाता के अंत में पहुंचकर उन्हें मुख्यधारा में मिल जाती है.
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References
- ↑ K. Sankaran Unni (1996). Ecology of River Narmada. APH. ISBN 978-81-7024-765-4.p.16
- ↑ K. Sankaran Unni (1996). Ecology of River Narmada. APH. ISBN 978-81-7024-765-4.p.16
- ↑ Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya (1977). Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-0-8426-9091-1. p. 272
- ↑ Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya (1977). Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-0-8426-9091-1. p. 272
- ↑ Jürgen Neuß (2012). Narmadāparikramā - Circumambulation of the Narmadā River. BRILL. p. 155. ISBN 978-90-04-23028-6.p.155
- ↑ Pranab Kumar Bhattacharyya (1977). Historical Geography of Madhya Pradesh from Early Records. Motilal Banarsidass. ISBN 978-0-8426-9091-1. p. 272
- ↑ Aitihasik Sthanavali by Vijayendra Kumar Mathur, p.184
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