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{{Short description|River in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2015}}
'''Cheyyeru ''' in the [[southern India]]n state of [[Andhra Pradesh]] is a tributary of the [[Penneru River|Penneru river]].
[[File:Buddhist sites Map of Andhra Pradesh.png|thumb|350px|'''Cheyyeru River''' has Nandalur Buddhist site on its bank]]

== Course ==
The Cheyyeru is formed by the confluence of the rivers Bahuda and Pincha that originate in Andhra Pradesh. The two streams join at [[Rayavaram, Kadapa|Rayavaram]] to form the Cheyyeru which then flows for 87 km before joining the Penneru as a right bank tributary at Gundlamada in the [[Sidhout|Sidhout taluk]] of [[Kadapa district]], [[Drainage basin|draining]] a total area of 7,325 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jain|first=Ajit Prasad|title=Report of the Irrigation Commission, 1972|year=1972|publisher=Ministry of Irrigation and Power|location=New Delhi|page=243|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WF3VAAAAMAAJ&q=cheyyeru+}}</ref><ref name="archive">{{cite book|last=RAO|first=S.S. JAVA|title=DISTRICT CENSUS HANDBOOK CUDDAPAH|year=1985|publisher=GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA PRADESH|url=https://archive.org/stream/censusofindia198018806mbp/censusofindia198018806mbp_djvu.txt}}</ref> The Gunjana river is a tributary of the Cheyyeru and along the Gunjana valley several [[Paleolithic South Asia|paleolithic settlements]] have been discovered.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kennedy|first=Kenneth A. R.|title=God-Apes and Fossil Men: Paleoanthropology of South Asia|year=2000|publisher=University of Michigan Press|page=170|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=W6zQHNavWlsC&dq=cheyyeru+river&pg=PA170|isbn=0472110136}}</ref> There are several [[Canyon|gorges]] on the river including one after the confluence of its headstreams and the Balarajupalle gorge.<ref name="archive" /><ref>{{cite book|last=Spate|first=Oskar Hermann Khristian|title=India and Pakistan: a general and regional geography|year=1967|publisher=Methuen|page=721|isbn=978-0-416-42550-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TicKAQAAIAAJ&q=cheyyeru+}}</ref> The Cheyair series of rocks in the Cudappah rock system of the [[Eastern Ghats]], consisting largely of [[shales]], is named after the Cheyyeru river.<ref>{{cite book|title=Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, Volume 51, Part 1|year=1926|publisher=Governor-General of India|page=56|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CjccAQAAIAAJ&q=cheyyeru+}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Krishnan|first=Maharajapuram Sitaram|title=Geology of India and Burma|year=1968|publisher=Higginbothams|page=164|isbn=9780800214579|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GlTWAAAAIAAJ&q=cheyyeru+}}</ref>

== Waterworks ==
The Cheyyeru project comprising the 409 metre long Annamayya [[earthen dam]] that provides irrigation facilities to its catchment zone is on this river in the [[Rajampet|Rajampet mandal]] of [[Kadapa district]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Salient Feature of Cheyyeru / Annamayya Project|url=http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Cheyyeru_/_Annamayya_Project_D01855|publisher=Water Resources Information System of India|accessdate=11 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140308180836/http://india-wris.nrsc.gov.in/wrpinfo/index.php?title=Cheyyeru_%2F_Annamayya_Project_D01855|archivedate=8 March 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Annamayya Dam gates washed out|journal=Dams, Rivers & People|date=Jan–Feb 2004|volume=1|issue=12|page=8|url=http://sandrp.in/drp/jan_feb04.pdf|accessdate=11 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726121249/http://www.sandrp.in/drp/jan_feb04.pdf|archive-date=26 July 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=State Administration Report|year=1983|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|page=205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3_8dAAAAIAAJ&q=cheyyeru+river}}</ref> The Togurpet project, also in the Kadapa district, is also on the Cheyyeru and was completed during the [[fourth five-year plan of India|Fourth Five-Year Plan]] period.<ref>{{cite book|last=Reddy|first=Y. Venugopal|title=Planning and development of backward regions--a case study of Rayalaseema: proceedings of seminar held from 13th to 15th March 1970|year=1971|publisher=Planning and Co-operation Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh|page=330|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=73Q8AAAAMAAJ&q=cheyyeru+}}</ref> Percolation tanks have been developed on the river at [[Nandalur]] to augment irrigation facilities in Kadapa.<ref>{{cite news|title=Collector releases irrigation water|url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/05/stories/2006020506250300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080916194637/http://www.hindu.com/2006/02/05/stories/2006020506250300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 September 2008|accessdate=11 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=5 February 2006}}</ref>

== Important places ==
[[Attirala]] is a temple town on the Cheyyeru that is associated with several myths. It is believed that the sage [[Parasurama]] in Hinduism did penance for his sin of [[matricide]] here and that Likhita, the brother of the sage Sankha had his severed hands restored to him after bathing in the river. Attirala houses a Parasurama temple and temples dedicated to [[Gadadhara]] and Treteshwara. Many members of the transgender community visit Attirala to pray for their rebirth as regular human beings and to atone for their sins.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Abode of gods|journal=Frontline|date=2007|volume=24|issue=25|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2425/stories/20080104242511400.htm|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{commons category|Cheyyeru River}}
{{Penna basin}}
{{Hydrography of Andhra Pradesh}}

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[[Category:Rivers of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Geography of Kadapa district]]
[[Category:Penna River]]

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JAY JADABA at 12:16, 10 March 2026