Route

The 282-kilometre (175 mi) long Amaravati River begins at the Kerala/Tamil Nadu border at the
bottom of Manjampatti Valley between the Annamalai Hills and the Palni Hills in Indira Gandhi
Wildlife Sanctuary and National Park in Tirupur district. It descends in a northerly direction
through Amaravathi Reservoir and Amaravathi Dam at Amaravathinagar. It is joined by the
Kallapuram River at the mouth of the Ajanda valley in Udumalaipettai. It joins with the Kaveri at
Thirumukkudal, about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Karur. The ancient name of the river is
Anporunai and locals still use the name amrandhu, a derivative

Use

This river irrigates over 60,000 acres (240 km2) of agricultural lands in Tiruppur and Karur
districts.[3] The Amaravathi Dam has 4 Megawatts electric generating capacity installed. The
Amaravathi River and its basin, especially in the vicinity of Karur, 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.
History

Amaravathi, which invokes the greenery and Kalpavriksha tree of Lord Indra's heaven. The
name Amaravathi echoes the Hinduism/ Buddhist past of southern India. And also by the Hindu
methodology, river is from the graceness 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, with another names like Aan pournai,
Aambravathi which join with the river Cauvery, near Karur.

Amaravathi River
Rivers in India have very beautiful names. One of the most enchanting is Amaravathi, which
invokes the greenery and Kalpavriksha tree of Lord Indra's heaven. The name Amaravathi echoes
the Hinduism/ Buddhist past of southern India. The Amaravathi river swells into life in the
Anjanad valley (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 by the village where I was born and raised (Madathukulam). It is one of the longest rivers
(175 km) in Tamil Nadu, with another name, Pournami which join with the river Cauvery, near
Karur. Travelling along the Amaravathi can be joy, if only to watch the fields of, coconut,
sugarcane, mango trees and to walk into any temple and lave in the peaceful atmosphere glowing
with the faith of simple village folk.