The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s9.88

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Kaverî—1 The Kaverî, a river in southern India which rises from a spring called Chandra tîrtha (Kûrma P, II, ch 37) in the Brahmagiri mountain in Coorg (Skanda P Kâverî Mâhât, chs 11-14, Rice's Mysore and Coorg, III, pp 8 and 85) The Kaverî fall at Sivasamudra is one of the most picturesque sights in southern India 2 The northern branch of the Nerbuda near Mândhâtâ (Omkaranatha) mentioned in the Purânas (Padma P, Svarga Kh, ch 8, Matsya P, ch 188) The junction of the Nerbuda and the Kaverî is considered to be a sacred place