Lakshmana Tirtha River : Dried Up
Due to severe drought conditions and intense heat, the Lakshmana Tirtha River, has now completely dried up.
- Lakshmana Tirtha River is a tributary of the river Kaveri in Karnataka. It originates in the Brahmagiri hills, Kodagu or Coorg District, Karnataka, and flows eastward. It joins the Kaveri River in the Krishna Raja Sagara Lake.
- Lakshmanatirtha Falls, or the Irupu Falls, is a much-visited fresh water cascade located on the river, bordering Kerala, on the way to Nagerhole National Park.
- Kaveri River rises at an elevation of 1,341 m at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri range near Cherangala village of Kodagu district of Karnataka.
- It drains into the Bay of Bengal at Poompuhar, in the Mayiladuthurai district of Tamil Nadu.
- Cauvery Basin extends over the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and Union Territory of Puducherry.
- It is bounded by the Western Ghats on the west, by the Eastern Ghats on the east and south and by the ridges separating it from the Krishna basin and Pennar basin on the north.
