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{{short description|River in India}}
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The river '''Arasalar''' (Tamil: அரசலாறு) is a river that flows through [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pudducherry]], and a tributary of [[Kaveri|Kaveri river]] which splits into 5 different rivers when it enters into [[Thanjavur district]] from [[Trichy]]. It separates from river Kaveri in the place near [[Pullambadi]] where the Kaveri is stopped by [[Lower Anaicut]] and from [[Thiruvaiyaru]].{{cn|date=July 2020}} The river is one of the seven rivers runns in the [[Karaikal district|Karaikal]] region of Puducherry.{{cn|date=July 2020}} Findings of [[Central Pollution Control Board]] had revealed that the river is polluted by high concentrations of nitrate and chromium due to mixing of sewage water into the river stream and industrial activities in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Varma|first=M. Dinesh|date=2016-09-09|title=‘Arasalar river highly polluted’|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/puducherry/%E2%80%98Arasalar-river-highly-polluted%E2%80%99/article14630672.ece|access-date=2020-05-05|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== River course ==
The river takes is course from Thiruvaiyaru of [[Thanjavur district|Thanjavur]] where it branches from Kaveri, travels through [[Kumbakonam]]. It runs a distance of 11.2 km before emptying itself into the sea of [[Bay of Bengal]] at Karaikal, east of Akalanganni.<ref name="efl">{{Cite web|title=River System and Water Resources|url=http://www.eflorakkl.in/RiverSystem.php|website=www.eflorakkl.in|access-date=2020-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190317182142/http://eflorakkl.in/RiverSystem.php|archive-date=17 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> The river forms the natural boundary line separating [[Neravy]] from [[Thirunallar]] on the north-west and Karaikal on the north-east. The river also feeds other smaller rivers such as ''Nattar'', ''Vanjiar'' and ''Nular''.<ref name="efl" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=DISTRICT DISASTER MANAGEMENT ACTION PLAN FOR NORTH EAST MONSOON 2017|url=https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ec8ce6abb3e952a85b8551ba726a1227/uploads/2018/03/2018030259.pdf|website=s3waas.gov.in|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505092649/https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s3ec8ce6abb3e952a85b8551ba726a1227/uploads/2018/03/2018030259.pdf|archive-date=5 May 2020|access-date=5 May 2020}}</ref>

Karaikal once served as a [[Inland port|river port]] till 19th century where the yachts and ''Marakkalam'' ships of Karaikal [[Marakkar|Marakkayar]] harboured in and, loaded and unloaded the goods towards exports and imports.{{cn|date=July 2020}} The dockyard by name "HMTS Pandagasalai" that is situated 2 km from the Sea Shore stands as an evidence for the same to proclaim that Karaikal was once a traditional River Port through the River Arasalar. From this River port [[Karaikal]] got connected with Siam ( Now 'Thailand'), south east and far-east Asian countries, Middle East and African Countries in its tradeline.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

The historical Novel by name "Ponniyin Selvan" that describes the life of Rajaraja Chola, written and scripted by the Tamil writer Shri. Amarar Kalki speaks a lot about Arasalar.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Rivers of Puducherry]]
[[Category:Rivers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

Arasalar River - Revision history

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