Consider the following pairs:
| Famous place | River |
| 1.Pandharpur | Chandrabhaga |
| 2. Tiruchirappalli | Cauvery |
| 3. Hampi | Malaprabha |
Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?
- 1 and 2 only
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 3 only
- 1, 2 and 3
Explanation
Pair 1 is correct
- Pandharpur, a city located on the banks of the Chandrabhaga River in Maharashtra, is famous for the Lord Vitthal-Rukmini Temple. The town attracts millions of devotees, especially during the annual pilgrimage known as Ashadi Ekadashi, where devotees (Warkaris) undertake a foot pilgrimage to the temple from various parts of Maharashtra.
- Bhima River is called ‘Chandrabhaga’ at Pandharpur it resembles a half-curved moon. It flows southeast for 861 kms through Maharashtra, Karnataka, and Telangana, before entering the Krishna River.
Pair 2 is correct
- Tiruchirappalli, commonly known as Trichy, is a historic city in Tamil Nadu, situated on the banks of the Cauvery River. It is famous for the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in Srirangam, which is one of the largest functioning Hindu temple complexes in the world.
- It is dedicated to Ranganatha (a form of Vishnu).
- Situated in an ethereal setting on the island of Srirangam that is bounded by the two rivers of Cauvery and Kollidam (a tributary of Cauvery), this living temple and sacred centre of pilgrimage is counted as the first and foremost among the 108 Divya Desams dedicated to Bhagwan Vishnu.
- In 2017, the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple bagged an Award of Merit from UNESCO for conserving cultural heritage.
- Jambukeswarar Temple (one of the Pancha Bhoota Sthalams temples dedicated to lord Shiva) is also in Trichy.
Pair 3 is incorrect
- Tungabhadra is a tributary of the Krishna River that flows through Hampi, the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire. It is formed by the unification of the Tunga and the Bhadra originating from Gangamula in the Central Sahyadri (Western Ghats).
- Tributaries: Bhadra, Haridra, Vedavati, Tunga, Varda and Kumdavathi.
- The famous Virupaksha temple is on the banks of Tungabhadra.
- The Malaprabha River is a tributary of the Krishna River and flows through the state of Karnataka in India. Pattadakal is situated on the banks of the Malaprabha River. This UNESCO World Heritage Site is renowned for its group of magnificent Hindu and Jain temples (Chalukyan architecture) , which date back to the 7th and 8th centuries CE.
