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River Krishna


River Krishna (1400 km) (A major river)
    (Maharashtra)
  1. Krishna Udgam: Mahabaleshwar Hills in Western Ghats (Satara district)
  2. Krishna - Venna - Koyna - Savitri - Gayatri Sangam: Mahabaleshwar Panchganga Temple (Satara district) -- Temple at the Confluence of five Rivers
  3. Krishna flows: Wai (Satara district) -- Dakshin Kashi with many Temples (85 km from Pune)
  4. Krishna - Venna Sangam: Sangam Mahuli and Kshetra Mahuli (Satara district) -- Vishweshwar and Rameshwar Temples -- (40 km from Wai)
  5. Krishna - Koyna Sangam: Pritisangam (Satara district) -- Krishnamai Temple, Koynamai Temple (90 km from Wai, 80 km from Sangli, 165 km from Pune)
  6. Krishna flows: Sangli (Sangli district) -- Datta Temple, Audumbar (50 km from Kolhapur, 230 km from Pune)
  7. Krishna - Varna or Warna Sangam: Haripur Sangameshwar Temple (Sangli district) -- (55 km from Kolhapur, 240 km from Pune)
  8. Krishna - Panchganga Sangam: Narsobawadi or Narasimha Wadi (Kolhapur district) -- Temple of Lord Narasimha Saraswati (30 km from Sangli, 50 km from Kolhapur, 250 km from Pune)

  9. (Karnataka)
  10. Krishna flows: Yadur (Belagavi district) -- Veerabhadra Temple (24 km from Narsobawadi, 45 km from Sangli, 60 km from Kolhapur, 280 km from Pune)
  11. Krishna - Ghataprabha Sangam: Chikka Sangama (Bagalkot district) -- Sangamanatha Temple (80 km from Kudala Sangama, 150 km from Yadur, 200 km from Kolhapur, 340 km from Kurnool)
  12. Krishna - Malaprabha Sangam: Kudala Sangama (Bagalkot district) -- Sangamanatha Temple, Samadhi of Basavanna (80 km from Badami, 200 km from Yadur, 260 km from Kolhapur, 290 km from Kurnool)

  13. (Karnataka - Telangana border)
  14. Krishna - Bhima Sangam: Sri Sangam or Nivruthi Sangam (Narayanpet district, Telangana) -- Nivruthi Sangam Ghat, Thangadigi (30 km from Raichur. 145 km from Alampur, 200 km from Kudala Sangama)
  15. Krishna flows: Kuravapur (Raichur district, Karnataka) -- Datta Temple, Tapobhoomi of Sripada Vallabha (25 km from Raichur, 42 km from Nivruthi Sangam)
  16. Krishna flows: Naradagadde (Raichur district, Karnataka) -- Place of penance of Narada (35 km from Raichur)

  17. (Telangana - Andhra Pradesh border)
  18. Krishna flows: Beechupally (Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana) -- Anjaneya Temple (48 km from Alampur)
  19. Krishna - Tungabhadra Sangam: Alampur (Jogulamba Gadwal district, Telangana) -- Nallamala Hills, Jogulamba Temple, Navabrahma Temples, Papanasi Temples (27 km from Kurnool, 105 km from Nandyal, 170 km from Srisailam, 220 km from Hyderabad, 280 km from Kudala Sangama)
  20. Krishna - Bhavanasi Sangam: Sangameshwaram (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh) -- Sangameshwara Temple (85 km from Alampur, 90 km from Nandyal, 150 km from Srisailam)
  21. Krishna flows: Shrishailam (Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh) -- Nallamala Hills, Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga, Bhramaramba Temple (160 km from Nandyal, 180 km from Kurnool, 200 km from Alampur, 215 km from Hyderabad, 265 km from Vijayawada, 460 km from Kudala Sangama)
  22. Krishna flows: Daida (Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh) -- Amaralingeshwara Temple (Cave Temple) (265 km from Alampur)
  23. Krishna - Musi Sangam: Vadapalli or Vadapally or Wadapally (Nalgonda district, Telangana) -- Lakshmi Narasimha Temple and Meenakshi Agasteeshwara Temple (170 km from Vijayawada, 210 km from Guntur)
  24. Krishna flows: Mattapalli (Suryapet district, Telangana) -- Yogananda Lakshmi Narasimha Temple (36 km from Vadapally or Wadapally)
  25. Krishna flows: Kethavaram (Guntur district, Andhra Pradesh) -- Lakshmi Narasimha Temple (65 km from Vadapally)

  26. (Andhra Pradesh)
  27. Krishna flows: Vedadri (NTR district) -- Narasimha Temple (120 km from Kethavaram)
  28. Krishna flows: Dwaraka Tirumala (Eluru district) -- Venkateshwara Temple (180 km from Vedadri)
  29. Krishna - Munneru Sangam: Eturu (NTR district) -- Sangameshwara Temple
  30. Krishna flows: Amaravati or Amararama (Palnadu district) -- Amaralingeshwara Temple (40 km from Vijayawada, 140 km from Dwaraka Tirumala)
  31. Krishna - Godavari interlink: Pavitra Sangam (NTR district) -- (20 km from Vijayawada)
  32. Krishna flows: Kanaka Durga Temple (NTR district) -- Indrakeeladri Hill (Within Vijayawada city, 275 km from Hyderabad)
  33. Krishna - Sagara Sangam: Hamsaladeevi (Krishna district) -- Krishna river merging with Bay of Bengal at Hamsaladeevi, Venugopala Swamy Temple (90 km from Vijayawada)

Tributaries of River Krishna: Venna, Koyna, Varna, Panchganga, Ghataprabha, Malaprabha, Bhima, Tungabhadra, Bhavanasi, Musi, Munneru and others



1. Shrishaila Kshetra (Shrishailam) - Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga and Shrishaila Shakti Peetha:

Mallikarjuna Temple, Shrishailam, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh Devi Bhramaramba, Shrishailam, Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh - Shrishailam (457 m) (Jyotirlinga) (Paadal Petra Sthalam) (Shakti Peetha)
(Nandyal district, Andhra Pradesh)
Shiva: Mallikarjuna
Devi: Devi Bhramaramba
☗ End part of Seshachalam (of Eastern Ghats)
Shrishaila Hill
▬ River Krishna flows
(Shiva Purana)
Mallikarjuna Jyotirlinga - Shiva-Parvati coming to meet their son Kumara and abiding as Jyoti
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 15)
Shrishaila Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Shrishaila Shakti Peetha where the Griva (Neck) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Mahalakshmi and the Bhairava is called Sambarananda.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 33)


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