Godavari River - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

Like any other major rivers in India, the banks of this river also have many pilgrimage sites.

• Trimbakeshwar - One of the twelve Jyotirlingas and ancient temple of Lord Shiva.
• Nashik - One of the four Sinhastha Kumbh Mela, Hindu pilgrimage place.
• Paithan - Saint Eknath's native place, famous Jayakwadi dam, and a beautiful garden name as Sant Dnyneshwar Udyan.
• Nanded - Takht Sri Hazur Sahib, One of the five most sacred places in Sikhism.
• Basar (originally, Vyasara) - Sri Gyana Saraswati temple is situated on the banks of Godavari, in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh. It is 210 km from state capital Hyderabad and accessible by road and rail (nearest major station: Nizamabad, although Basar station also exists). It is considered that the sage Vyasa wrote the Mahabharata on the banks of Godavari at this location, and thus the place came to be known as Vyasara.
• Dharmapuri, Andhra Pradesh - Hindu Temple of Lord Narasimha. Godavari flows from North to South in Dharmapuri, hence the river is localled called 'Dakshina Vahini'
• Kaleshwaram - Sri Kaleswara Mukhteswara swamy Temple is situated here on the banks of Triveni sangamam of rivers godavari and pranahita. (border of Andhra Pradesh and Maharastra). It is 125 kilometers away from Karimnagar city, 115 km away from Warangal city.
• Bhadrachalam - Hindu Temple of Lord Rama.
• Rajahmundry - Center for Telugu Literature. A town that symbolises Telugu Culture. It is the native of Aadikavi Nannaya, one of the writers of kavitrayam. Famous for the Godavari Pushkaralu - an event that happens once in every 12 years, celebrated with pomp and glory and attended by lakhs of people from all round the world. A bath in Godavari during the pushkaram period is said to be equivalent to bathing in the holy River Ganges.
• Pattiseema - A village where a Hindu temple is located on a small hill on an island in the river.
• Antarvedi - Famous for Hindu temple of Sri Laxmi Narasimha Swamy. Also, one of the mouths of the river joins Bay of Bengal here.
• Konaseema - Picturesque delta of Godavari.