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| source1_location =Javvadhu hills, Tiruvannamalai district.
| mouth_location = [[Palar River]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[South India]]
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|Largest settlement on the banks=Outskirts of Tiruvannamalai town|Settlements on the banks=[[Adamangalam-Pudur]], [[Kalasapakkam]], [[Arni]], [[Cheyyaru]] town, [[Kanchipuram]].}}
[[File:Vedhapureshwar temple at bank of cheyyar river.jpg|alt=a photo by aakash deep|thumb|288x288px|Cheyyar river]]
'''Cheyyaru River''' is an important seasonal river that runs through the [[Thiruvannamalai District|Tiruvannamalai District]] of the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[South India]]. It is a [[tributary]] of [[Palar River]], a river which originates in [[Javadi Hills|Jawadhu Hills]] and flows through Thiruvannamalai district before emptying into the [[Bay of Bengal]]. The river receives most of its water from the Northeast and Southwest monsoons and is the major source of irrigation for several villages, including the towns of [[Cheyyar]]u and [[Vandavasi]] along its bank.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.whereincity.com/india/tamilnadu/rivers.php |title=Rivers |access-date=2006-09-24}}</ref>

==Temples==
An ancient temple, the [[Vedapureeswarar Temple, Cheyyar|Vedapureeswarar Temple]] anciently known as Vedhanadeshwarar temple situated on the bank of the river at Cheyyar town. There is a legend that [[Thirugnana Sambandar]], one of the four great [[saivite]] saints, visited the temple and changed a male palm tree to a female palm tree which can yield palm fruit by singing verses in [[Tamil language|Tamil]]. The ancient name for Cheyyaru river is Sei Aaru (Child river) meaning that the river is created for a child to play. Legend says that Goddess Parvathi (Balakusalambigai or Ilamulainayagi) made a line on the earth's surface with her Trisul to make a river for her son, Lord Muruga to play.
The river is still believed to be a Holy River even today in [[Cheyyar]] and its surrounding villages.

==References==
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{{Hydrography of Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Palar River]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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