Gayatri River: Difference between revisions

[[Mahabaleshwar]] is the source of five rivers namely [[Krishna River]], [[Koyna River|Koyna]], [[Venna River|Venna (Veni)]], [[Savitri River|Savitri]], and Gayatri. The source is at the Panchaganga temple in old Mahabaleshwar. The legendary source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of [[Shiva|Mahadev]] in Old Mahabaleshwar. Legend has it that Krishna is Lord Vishnu himself as a result of a curse on the [[trimurti]]s by Savitri. Also, its tributaries Venna and Koyana are said to be Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma themselves. An interesting thing to notice is that 4 other rivers including Gayatri come out from the cow's mouth apart from Krishna and they all travel some distance before merging into Krishna. The biggest river [[Krishna River]] that flows across Maharashtra, [[Karnataka]] and [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/TouristDelight/Hillstations/HillStations.aspx?strpage=MahabaleshwarHillstation.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214092414/http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/TouristDelight/Hillstations/HillStations.aspx?strpage=MahabaleshwarHillstation.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-14|title=404}}</ref>