Talakaveri

Cauvery originates in the Brahmagiri hills at a place called Talakaveri which is at an elevation of 1340 m above sea level. At a height of 1500 m at Mudigere, in Western Ghats one of the main tributaries of the river Hemavathi originates. The regional slope runs in the eastward direction.Read More

At Talakaveri, in the south west corner of Karnataka, the cauvery,the Ganga of the south, is born high up in the green Brahmagiri Mountain. Between October and November, depending on the calculation of local astrologers, the cauvery bubbles up in rebirth. Thousands of pilgrims climb up past Kodagus' coffee estates, to the forest covered Western Ghats to cleanse themselves of their sins in the tank built around her holy waters.Read More