Journey Through Kaveri

-By Jayanthi Mahalingam

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• The Kaveri in Mythology
• The Kaveri in Kodagu
• Meet the Kodavas
• The first Tributary
• The Kaveri Enters Mysore
• An Ancient Dam
• Visweswaraya's Dream
• A Dream Fulfilled
• Mysore's Guardian Angel
• In Tipu's Domain
• The Great Temples
• The Shifting Sands
• Sand Covered Temples
• Shivasamudram
• The Goat's Leap
• The Kaveri in Tamil Nadu
• The Last Island
• An Outpouring of Music
• The Temple Trail
• Journey's End

The Kaveri in Kodagu

The Kaveri has its source at the foot of the Brahmagiri hills at a place called Talakaveri in Kodagu (Coorg) district of Karnataka.
Every October, usually on the 16th or 17th, on a day known as Tulasankramana, a spring starts bubbling, signalling the beginning of the month-long festival of Tulasangam. The waters of the spring fill up a large rectangular tank called Pushkarni.
A large crowd of devotees gathers to watch the spring come to life. A loud cheer goes up when this happens and then there is no holding back the crowd. The pilgrims break the barricades and swarm all over the tank eager to take a holy dip and to collect some of the water to take home. Worshippers then throng the tiny shrine, little more than a cell, to offer oblations to the river goddess.
Pilgrims also worship at the Agasteeswara temple a few metres uphill, before toiling up to the peak of the Brahmagiri hills, an ascent of 90 m from the Talakaveri pond.

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Last updated on :11/3/2003