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{{Infobox river
| name = Chandragiri River
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| name_other = Perumpuzha<ref name="Jayashanker2001">{{cite book|author=S. Jayashanker|title=Temples of Kasaragod District|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=WnLXAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=perumpuzha|year=2001|publisher=Controller of Publications|page=4}}</ref><ref name="Nair1986">{{cite book|author=Adoor K. K. Ramachandran Nair|title=Kerala State Gazetteer|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?redir_esc=y&id=LXVuAAAAMAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=perumpuzha|year=1986|publisher=State Editor, Kerala Gazetteers|page=9}}</ref><ref name="namboothiri">{{cite web |title=Namboothiri Rulers (Naaduvaazhikal) |url=https://www.namboothiri.com/articles/naaduvaazhikal.htm |website=www.namboothiri.com |access-date=12 July 2021}}</ref>
| name_etymology = [[Chandragupta Maurya]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.keralatourism.org/bekal/rivers-kasaragod.php|title=Kasaragod Rivers|publisher=www.keralatourism.org|access-date=2021-01-23}}</ref>

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| image_caption = A view of the Chandragiri river from Kanathur, [[Kasaragod]]
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| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = [[India]]
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = [[Kerala]], [[Karnataka]]
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| subdivision_type4 = District
| subdivision_name4 = [[Kasaragod district|Kasaragod]], [[Kodagu]]
| subdivision_type5 = Cities
| subdivision_name5 = [[Sullia]], [[Jalsoor]], [[Chengala]] , [[Kasaragod]]

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| source1 = [[Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Karnataka]]
| source1_location = [[Kodagu|Kodagu District]], [[India]]
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| mouth = [[Arabian Sea]]
| mouth_location = Near [[Thalangara]], [[Kasaragod]], India
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The '''Chandragiri River''' also known as '''Perumpuzha River'''<ref name="Jayashanker2001"/><ref name="Nair1986"/><ref name="namboothiri"/> is the longest river in [[Kasaragod district]], [[Kerala]], India. It was named after the Mauryan emperor [[Chandragupta Maurya]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2922_PART_A_DCHB_KODAGU.pdf|title=District Census Handbook - Kodagu District 2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Karnataka|date=2011-10-01|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/2921_PART_A_DCHB_DAKSHINA%20KANNADA.pdf|title=District Census Handbook - Dakshina Kannada District 2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Karnataka|date=2011-10-01|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/3201_PART_A_KASARAGOD.pdf|title=District Census Handbook - Kasaragod District 2011|publisher=Directorate of Census Operations-Kerala|date=2011-10-01|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref>

The 17th century [[Chandragiri Fort, Kerala|Chandragiri Fort]] is located on the river.

Perumpuzha river is considered the traditional boundary between the [[Tulu Nadu]] and [[Malayalam]] regions of Kerala from the fourteenth century AD onwards; before that it was north of [[Kumbala]].
<ref>{{cite book
| last = Bhatt
| first = P. Gururaja
| author-link = P. Gururaja Bhat
| date = 1969
| title = Antiquities of South Kanara
| publisher = Prabhakara Press
| page = 2
}}</ref> The river originates in the [[Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary]] in the [[Western Ghats]] of [[Kodagu]] district, [[Karnataka]]. It flows through towns including [[Sullia]], [[Jalsoor]], Parappa,Adoor, [[Chengala]], and [[Kasaragod]], where it flows into the [[Arabian Sea]].
In [[Sullia]] taluk, it is the major water source for domestic and agricultural purposes.

==Course==
The Chandragiri River originates from the northern slopes of the [[Talakaveri Wildlife Sanctuary|Greater Talacauvery National Park]] in the [[Western Ghats]] at the [[Kodagu district]], [[Karnataka]]. Initially the river flows through the [[Malenadu]] region of [[Karnataka]] passing the [[Pushpagiri Wildlife Sanctuary]] and flowing through several hilly towns in [[Kodagu district|Kodagu]] and [[Dakshina Kannada]] like [[Adyar, Karnataka|Adyadka]], Biliyar, Parivarkana, Paladka, [[Sullia]], Pilikodi and [[Kanyana]]. Chandragiri then enters [[Kerala]] and flows through several hilly towns in the eastern part of the [[Kasaragod district]], namely Panjikkal, Kottyadi, [[Adhur]], Poovadka, Kottamkuzhy, Bethurpuzha, Kundamkuzhy, [[Kolathur (Kasaragod)|Kolathur]], [[Muliyar]] and Bovikanam. At Bovikanam it's major tributary, [[Kudumbur River]] merges with Perumpuzha. Then the river enters into the [[Malabar coast|Malabar plains]] where it flows through [[Thekkil]], [[Chengala]], [[Chattanchal]], [[Perumbala]], [[Chemnad]] and [[Kasaragod]]. The Chandragiri River empties into the [[Arabian Sea]] at [[Thalangara]] in [[Kasaragod|Kasaragod town]].

== Tributaries ==
The River Chandragiri's largest tributary is the [[Kudumbur River]], which joins the Payaswini on its left bank east of [[Chattanchal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://keralaczma.gov.in/hearing/records/kasaragod/Draft%20CZMP%20Kasaragod%207.pdf|title=Draft Map|publisher=keralaczma.gov.in|date=2012|access-date=2021-01-22}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Kanhangad]]
* [[Kasaragod]]
* [[Mangalore]]

==References==
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{{Waters of Kerala}}
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{{Places of interest in North Malabar}}
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[[Category:Rivers of Kasaragod district]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kasaragod district]]

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>ChandlerMinh at 19:30, 6 October 2021