The Noyyal River rises from the Vellingiri hills in the Western Ghats in TamilNadu, southeastern India and drains into the Kaveri River. The Agasthiyamalai range of the Western Ghats The Western Ghats are a mountain range in India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Siva Samudram Falls on the Kaveri River near Mysore The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. ...

The river's basin is 180 km (112 mi) long and 25 km (16 mi) wide. It covers a total area of 3,500 km² (1351 mi²). Cultivated land in the basin amounts to 1,800 km² (695 mi²) and the population density of the basin is 120 people per km² (311/mi²) in the countryside, and 1000 people per km² (2590/mi²) in the cities.

The area is known for its scanty rainfall, and thus was develop the Noyyal River Tanks System to hold any overflow from the rains plus the water of the Northeast and Southwest monsoon season. Monsoon in the Vindhya mountain range, central India A monsoon is a wind pattern that reverses direction with the seasons. ...

This 173 km (107 mi) long tributary of the Kaveri River, can fill up 32 eries (tanks). These interconnecting tanks that hold the water flowing from the Noyyal used even today. Siva Samudram Falls on the Kaveri River near Mysore The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. ...

Noyyal history

The "Noyyal" is also a sacred river in Tamil history. Its original name was Kanchinadi but changed later to the name of the place where it drains into the Kaveri River in 1750 A.D. Siva Samudram Falls on the Kaveri River near Mysore The Kaveri River (also spelt Cauvery or Kavery) is one of the great rivers of India and is considered sacred by the Hindus. ...

The Noyyal village is situtated at the banks of Noyyal River and Kaveri (Ponni) River where both the rivers are joining together. An ancient goddess Sellandiyamman temple is also situated at the place of sangamam. Noyall village had played a vital role in the Kunnudayaa Gounder Koothu ( folklore of Kongu Vellala Gounders).

Coimbatore and its surroundings was known as the Kongunadu. Though during the supremacy of the Chera kings, Kongnadu was a vasel of the Cheras, it fell under the later cholas and were under their control for a long time. The heirs to the Cholas settled down in Coimbatore and continued to rule the country. These people were also called the Kongu Cholas. Coimbatore   (Tamil: கோயம்புத்தூர்), also known as Kovai, is one of the major industrial cities in South India. ... The Cholas were a South Indian Tamil dynasty, antedating the early Sangam literature (c. ...

Kongu Cholas had a flourishing civilization on the banks of the river Noyyal. Successive dynasties established trade links with the Greeks and the Romans. Many trade routes criss crossed the basin. A number of temples and schools came up in the area. The Pateeshwarar Temple at Perur was built in line with the Chola architecture. Art flourished in the basin. Even today Natyanjali is held in Perur every year. The Cholas were a South Indian Tamil dynasty, antedating the early Sangam literature (c. ...

Polution

The river flows with natural antibiotic minerals. As like the many other hazarding changes due to the western cultures attack, the "Noyyal" is also down to the way to dead. The immeturity of the government and it's peoples making the "Noyyal" into drainage water channel as like they do many other life giving rivers with their merciless and wiseless- business profit orient activities. The " Nallaru" is the co river in "Tiruppur" area is in the same dieing position by the dyeing industry and money oriented government. But from 2004 A.D the local volanteers organization by the name "Siruthuli" who know the exact values of money and water resourses rehabliting the "Noyyal" from death to river.

Geography

Periar, the Cheyyar River and the Kanchimanadhi are the tributaries to the river. They all have their origins in the Western Ghats. Periar flows out of the Siruvani hills and the Kovai Courtallam, a land mark waterfalls. Chaadiaar or Cheyyar River flows through Chaadivayal and later along with the other rivers join up at Kooduthurai to become Noyyal River. After running through a distance of 160 km, Noyyal joins cauvery at Kodumudi in Erode District. The place is also called Noyyal. Apart from these three rivers, there are numerous rivulets that also join Noyyal. But most of these rivulets carry water only during the rainy season and therefore are not perennial. According to the available sources, the number of rivulets are 34. Cheyyar River is a river that runs through the Tamil Nadu state of South India. ... Erode District Erode District is one of the districts of northern part ofTamil Nadu State, South India, and Erode is the district headquarters. ...

The river has a valley fill (made of alluvial kankar soil) over a stretch of 25 km and a depth of 198 ft. It extends from the origin of the river at Kooduthurai (in Madhvarayapuram, 30 km west of the city) to the Ukkadam Tank on the city border. The fill absorbs water like a sponge. Only when the absorption reaches a saturation point does excess water flow to the suburbs and the city.

The river has 23 check dams. Most are located between Kooduthurai and Tirupur, 52 km east of Coimbatore city. Decades ago, it irrigated 3,55,000 hectares. Noyyal revival over 40 km will enable irrigation of 16,500 hectares, according to Siruthuli.

External links

• A glorious system in peril
• People are getting together to revive the Noyyal River Tanks System
• Conservation Noyyal Yatra
• The Noyyal River and Tiruppur
• Rivers determined the prosperity of the civilisation on their banks. Our region was no different