PranahitaPushkaralu,the once in 12-years event, concludes

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26th Apr, 2022

The 12-day PranahitaPushkaralu, the once in 12-years event, recently concluded at the temple town of Kaleshwaram in JayashankarBhupalpally district and at several other holy places along the banks of the Pranahita in erstwhile composite Adilabad district.

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About the festival

PranahitaPushkaraluis an Indian festival dedicated to worshiping of rivers.
The mega river festival dedicated to worshipping the Pranahita, a tributary of the Godavari.
It is one of the biggest festivals of river Pranahita that celebrate in Telangana state.
It is a 12-day festival that celebrates the river Pranahita with thousands of devotees gathering to pay their respects and offer prayers to the river.
It is celebrated when the planet Jupiter enters the Meenarasi or Pisces zodiac sign.
Most of these devotees depend on agriculture for a living and therefore, pray for good rains and crops during the PranahitaPushkaralu festival.

PranhitaRiver

The Pranhita River is the largest tributary of Godavari River covering about 34% of its drainage basin conveying the combined waters of the Penganga River, the Wardha River, and the Wainganga River.
Pranahita is the largest tributary of the Godavari covering about 34% of its drainage basin. It is an inter-State sub-basin among the States of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra and Telangana.
Main Pranahita river forms boundary between the two States of Telangana and Maharashtra
By virtue of its extensive network of tributaries, the river drains a large part of Vidarbha region in Maharashtra, as well as the southern slopes of the Satpura Range in southeast Madhya Pradesh.
It flows along the border of Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra and KomaramBheemAsifabad district in Telangana.

Godavari River

The Godavari River is the largest river in peninsular India and known as the 'Dakshina Ganga'.
The Godavari Basin is the second largest basin after the Ganges basin and accounts for nearly 9.50 % of the total geographical area of the country.
The River rises in the Sahyadris, at an altitude of 1,067 m above mean sea level near Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and flows across the Deccan Plateau from the Western to the Eastern Ghats.
Main river flows through the States of Maharashtra Telangana, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh and finally out falls into the Bay of Bengal.
Tributaries:

Left tributaries:Bangana, Kadva, Shivana, Purna, Kadam, Pranahita, Indravati, Taliperu, Sabari, Dharna
Right tributaries:Nasardi, Pravara, Sindphana, Manjira, Manair, Kinnerasani