WThe Godavari is India's second longest river after the Ganga. Its source is in Triambakeshwar, Maharashtra. It flows east for 1,465 kilometres (910 mi), draining the states of Maharashtra (48.6%), Telangana (18.8%), Andhra Pradesh (4.5%), Chhattisgarh (10.9%) and Odisha (5.7%). The river ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal through an extensive network of tributaries. Measuring up to 312,812 km2 (120,777 sq mi), it forms one of the largest river basins in the Indian subcontinent, with only the Ganga and Indus rivers having a larger drainage basin. In terms of length, catchment area and discharge, the Godavari is the largest in peninsular India, and had been dubbed as the Dakshin Ganga.
WGodavari Maha Pushkaram was a Hindu festival held from 14 July to 25 July 2015. This festival occurs once every 144 years, corresponding to the 12th recurrence of the 12-year Godavari Pushkaram cycle.
WThe Godavari River has its catchment area in seven states of India: Maharashtra, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Odisha. The number of dams constructed in Godavari basin is the highest among all the river basins in India. Nearly 350 major and medium dams and barrages had been constructed in the river basin by the year 2012.Jalaput Chintalapudi lift Uttarrandhra Sujala Sravanthi lift Balimela Reservoir Upper Kolab Dummugudem Lift Irrigation Schemes Nizam Sagar Sriram Sagar or Pochampadu Kakatiya Canal SRSP Flood Flow Canal Manjara Dam Manjira Reservoir Singur Dam Shanigaram Reservoir Lower Manair Dam Mid Manair Dam Upper Manair Dam Yellampally Taliperu Project Babli barrage or Babhali Devadula lift irrigation project Polavaram Project Inchampalli Project Sadarmat
WGovernment of India (GoI) constituted a common tribunal on 10 April 1969 to adjudicate the river water utilization disputes among the river basin states of Godavari and Krishna rivers under the provisions of Interstate River Water Disputes Act – 1956. The common tribunal was headed by Sri RS Bachawat as its chairman with Sri DM Bhandari and Sri DM Sen as its members. Godavari river basin is spread in the states of Telangana (TS), Maharashtra (MR), Orissa, old Madhya Pradesh {later bifurcated into present Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Chhattisgarh}, Karnataka (K) and Andhra Pradesh (AP). Krishna river basin states Maharashtra, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh insisted on the quicker verdict as it had become more expedient for the construction of irrigation projects in Krishna basin. So the proceedings of Godavari Water Disputes Tribunal (GWDT) could not start till the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal final verdict was submitted to GoI on 27 May 1976.
WThe Godavari-Krishna mangroves are a mangrove ecoregion of India's eastern coast.
WKonaseema is a group of islands between the tributaries of the Godavari River in the East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh in southern India. It is nicknamed "God’s Own Creation" due to similarities with the Kerala backwaters.
WPasarlapudi is the river delta of the Godavari River at the Bay of Bengal in southeastern India. It is located in the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh state, in the South India Region.