Kaveri Prarthanaकावेरी प्रार्थना కావేరీ ప్రార్థనా காவேரீ ப்ரார்தநா ಕಾವೇರೀ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನಾ કાવેરી પ્રાર્થના কাবেরী প্রার্থনা କାଵେରୀ ପ୍ରାର୍ଥନା കാവേരീ പ്രാര്ഥനാ

{|| kAverI prArthanA ||}
maruddhRRite mahAbhAge mahAdevi manohare |
sarvAbhIShTaprade devi snAsthitAM puNyavardhini || 1||

sarvapApakShayakare mama pApaM vinAshaya |
kaverakanye kAveri samudramahiShipriye || 2||

dehi me bhaktimukti tvaM sarvatIrthasvarUpiNi |
sindhuvarye dayAsindho mAmuddhara dayAMbudhe || 3||

striyaM dehi sutaM dehi shriyaM dehi tataH svagA |
AyuShyaM dehi chArogyaM RRiNAnmuktaM kuruShva mAm || 4||

tAsAM cha saritAM madhye sahyakanyAghanAshini |
kAveri lokavikhyAtA janatApanivAriNi || 5||

iti brahmANDa purANe kAvarI prArthanA ||

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These verses are in praise of river Kaveri - a sacred river flowing in
the southern peninsula of India. The river is one of the five great rivers
flowing in South India. The other four are Mahanadi, Godavari, Narmada and
Krishna. It is also the smallest of them all, being only 765 Km long. The
river is known for the scenic beauty of the regions it flows through. The
entire region it passes through is considered sacred. It has its birth
at Talakaveri at a height of 1320 feet in the Brahmagiri mountain in the
Western Ghats in Karnataka State. There is a small temple there where