Pampa River:
The Pampa River breached its banks at several locations due to orrential overnight rain triggered widespread flooding across Pathanamthitta district.
- Pampa River is the third longest river in Kerala after the Periyar River and the Bharathappuzha River.
- It is also called as Pamba River.
- It is known as the ‘Dakshina Bhageerathi’ or the Ganga of Kerala, the significance of the river is associated with the Sabarimala temple.
- It rises in the Pulachimalai Hill on the Peerumedu plateau of the Western Ghats.
- It joins the Arabian Sea branching into a number of channels.
- The basin is bounded on the east by the Western Ghats and on the west by the Arabian Sea.
- The main tributaries of the river are Kakki Ar, Azhuta Ar, Kakkad Ar, Kallar, Manimala, and Achenkovil.
- The Pamba river holds immense religious significance in Hinduism, particularly in connection with the famed pilgrimage centre, the Sabarimala Temple.
