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{{short description|River in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
[[File:Chitravathi River, Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh, India.jpg|thumbnail|The Chitravathi at [[Puttaparthi]]]]
[[File:Chitravati Balancing Reservoir at parnapalli.jpg|thumb|'''Details of Chitravati Balancing Reservoir at parnapalli''']]
The '''Chitravathi''' is an inter-state river in [[southern India]] that is a [[tributary]] of the [[Pennar River]]. Rising in [[Karnataka]], it flows into [[Andhra Pradesh]] and its basin covers an area of over 5,900 km<sup>2</sup>. The pilgrim town of [[Puttaparthi]] is located on its banks.

== Course ==
Chitravathi river originates at [[Chikkaballapur]] and flows through the [[Chikkaballapur district]] of Karnataka before entering Andhra Pradesh where it drains the districts of [[Anantapur district|Anantapur]] and [[Cuddapah District|Cuddapah]] before joining the Pennar.<ref name="archive.deccanherald">{{cite news|title=Captivating beauty of River Chitravathi|url=http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep142008/district2008091389858.asp|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=14 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165933/http://archive.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep142008/district2008091389858.asp|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> The Chitravati river basin covers an area of 5,908 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>{{cite web|title=Re-using Irrigation Drainage Gonchi Irrigation System in Penna River Basin|url=http://www.cwsy.org/html/small_gonchi_irrigation_system.pdf|publisher=Centre for World Solidarity|accessdate=8 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402114423/http://www.cwsy.org/html/small_gonchi_irrigation_system.pdf|archive-date=2 April 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Among the mandals that it drains in the two states are [[Bagepalli]], [[Gorantla, Anantapur district|Gorantla]], [[Hindupur]], [[Bukkapatnam]], [[Dharmavaram, Anantapur|Dharmavaram]], [[Tadipatri]] and [[Kadiri]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Narasaiah|first=M. Lakshmi|title=Financing Of Weaker Sections By Regional Rural Banks|year=1999|publisher=Discovery Publishing House|location=New Delhi|page=32|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NiBvjBoNmFQC&q=chitravathi+river&pg=PA32|isbn=9788171414673}}</ref> The river joins the Pennar at [[Gandikota]] in Kadapa district where the Gandikota irrigation project is being undertaken by the [[Government of Andhra Pradesh]] as part of its [[Jalayagnam|Jalayagnam project]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Floods in Pennar, Chitravathi|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071860460500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080729012526/http://www.hindu.com/2008/07/18/stories/2008071860460500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 July 2008|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=18 July 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Anantapuram District|url=http://anantapur.gov.in/html/district-profile.htm|publisher=Government of Andhra Pradesh|accessdate=8 July 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515233608/http://www.anantapur.gov.in/html/district-profile.htm|archivedate=15 May 2013}}</ref> Chitravathi is a seasonal river that comes alive after the [[Monsoon of Indian subcontinent|monsoons]].<ref name="frontline">{{cite journal|title=A fight over river waters|journal=Frontline|date=5–18 July 2003|volume=20|issue=14|url=http://www.frontline.in/navigation/?type=static&page=flonnet&rdurl=fl2014/stories/20030718004203000.htm|accessdate=8 July 2013}}</ref> Along with the [[Papagni River|Papagni]], it forms a part of the middle Pennar sub-basin and is a right bank tributary of the Pennar.<ref>{{cite book|last=Jain|first=S. Sharad Kumar|title=Hydrology and Water Resources of India|year=2007|publisher=Springer|location=Dondrecht, The Netherlands|page=732|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKs1gBhJSWIC&q=chitravathi+river&pg=PA732|isbn=9781402051807}}</ref>
[[File:Chitravati Balancing Reservoir at parnapalli on 15th January 2018.jpg|thumb|'''Chitravati Balancing Reservoir at parnapalli on 15 January 2018''']]
[[File:Tunga ai citravathi.jpg|thumbnail|Chitravathi River]]

== Paragodu project ==
The proposal to build a [[Barrage (dam)|barrage]] at Paragodu by the [[Government of Karnataka]] has been opposed by politicians from Andhra Pradesh who argue that the move is likely to affect the availability of water for the various tank irrigation projects that exist in the Andhra districts.<ref name="frontline" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Don't allow Chitravathi dam: Naidu|url=http://hindu.com/2000/04/14/stories/0414201n.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708131515/http://hindu.com/2000/04/14/stories/0414201n.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 April 2000}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Another water dispute between AP and Karnataka — Paragodu project raises hackles|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2003/04/22/stories/2003042201661700.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130708131513/http://www.thehindubusinessline.in/2003/04/22/stories/2003042201661700.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 July 2013|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=The Hindu Businessline|date=22 April 2003}}</ref>

== Ecological issues ==
[[Sand mining]], much of it illegal, is rampant in the Chitravathi basin and this has resulted in severe depletion of [[groundwater]] resources in the region.<ref>{{cite news|title=Illegal sand mining rampant in Chitravathi river basin|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/258484/illegal-sand-mining-rampant-chitravathi.html|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=Deccan Herald|date=20 June 2012}}</ref>

== Religious significance ==
Chitravathi is also known as the ''Deva Kanya'' and it flows through the pilgrim town of Puttaparthi, the abode of [[Satya Sai Baba]]. It is considered sacred by many people on account of its association with Satya Sai Baba.<ref name="archive.deccanherald" /><ref>{{cite web|title=Chitravathi River, Puttaparthi, India|url=http://www.firstpost.com/topic/person/sathya-sai-baba-chitravathi-river-puttaparthi-india-video-DKCc-JTJZZQ-21155-19.html|publisher=FirstPost|accessdate=8 July 2013}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Penna basin}}
{{Hydrology of Karnataka|state=expanded}}
{{Hydrography of Andhra Pradesh}}

[[Category:Rivers of Andhra Pradesh]]
[[Category:Rivers of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Penner River]]
[[Category:Geography of Chikkaballapur district]]
[[Category:Geography of Kadapa district]]
[[Category:Geography of Anantapur district]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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