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The '''Gayatri River''' is a tributary of the [[Krishna River]] in western [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. It rises in Panchaganga temple in old [[Mahableshwar]], a hill station in the [[Western Ghats]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.indiastudychannel.com/resources/49070-MAHABALESHWAR.aspx|title=MAHABALESHWAR: One of the most visited tourism place Visit|date=2009-01-22|work=India Study Channel|access-date=2018-10-01|language=en}}</ref>

The river meets the [[Krishna River]], which is one of the three largest rivers in southern India by [[Karad]]. The river is small and is slow-flowing.

== Geography and history ==
[[Mahabaleshwar]] is the source of five rivers namely [[Krishna River]], [[Koyna River|Koyna]], [[Venna River|Venna (Veni)]], [[Savitri River|Savitri]], and Gayatri. The source is at the Panchaganga temple in old Mahabaleshwar. The legendary source of the river is a spout from the mouth of a statue of a cow in the ancient temple of [[Shiva|Mahadev]] in Old Mahabaleshwar. Legend has it that Krishna is Lord Vishnu himself as a result of a curse on the [[trimurti]]s by Savitri. Also, its tributaries Venna and Koyana are said to be Lord Shiva and Lord Brahma themselves. An interesting thing to notice is that 4 other rivers including Gayatri come out from the cow's mouth apart from Krishna and they all travel some distance before merging into Krishna. The biggest river [[Krishna River]] that flows across Maharashtra, [[Karnataka]],Telangana and [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/TouristDelight/Hillstations/HillStations.aspx?strpage=MahabaleshwarHillstation.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071214092414/http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/HTML/MaharashtraTourism/TouristDelight/Hillstations/HillStations.aspx?strpage=MahabaleshwarHillstation.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-12-14|title=404}}</ref>

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== See also ==
* [[Mahabaleshwar]]
* Other four rivers originating from Mahabaleshwar (Panchganga):
# [[Koyna River]]
# [[Krishna River]]
# [[Savitri River]]
# [[Venna River]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Satara district topics}}

[[Category:Rivers of Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Tributaries of the Krishna River]]
[[Category:Rivers of India]]

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