Bhavani River

The Bhavani is the second largest river in Tamil Nadu, South India and a major tributary of the Kaveri River, the longest river in Tamil Nadu.

It begins from Kerala's Silent Valley and flows into western Tamil Nadu, covering a distance of 217 km before merging with the Cauvery. The basin drains an area of 0.62 million ha, spread over Kerala (9 per cent), Karnataka (4 per cent) and Tamil Nadu (87 per cent). The main river courses through Coimbatore and Erode districts of Tamil Nadu, before reaching the Cauvery at Bhavani town.

 

About 90 per cent of the river’s water is used for agriculture, even as industries dot the sub basin at every point.


The Bhavani River joins the Kaveri at the town of Bhavani, where the Sangameswarar Temple, an important pilgrimage spot in Tamil Nadu, was built at the confluence of the two rivers. Sweeping past the historic rock of Tiruchirapalli, it breaks into two channels at the island of Srirangam, which enclose between them the delta of Thanjavur (Tanjore), the garden of Tamil Nadu. The northern channel is called the Kollidam (Kolidam); the other preserves the name of Kaveri, and empties into the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar, a few hundred miles south of Chennai(Madras).







The above Pictures are taken at Sirumugai,TN

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