Ariyankuppam River is a distributary of
Sankaraparani River
The Sankaraparani River is a river in Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It originates on the western slope of the Gingee Hills in Viluppuram District, and flows southeastwards to empty into the Bay of Bengal south of Pondicherry. The Sankarapa ...
. It branches off Sankaraparani near Thirukanchi. Due to property development, its origin was cut off. Thengaithittu Langoon is found in this river.
Arikamedu
Arikamedu is an archaeological site in Southern India, in Kakkayanthope, Ariyankuppam Commune, Puducherry.
Sir Mortimer Wheeler 1945, and Jean-Marie Casal conducted archaeological excavations there in 1947–1950. The site was identified as th ...
is the major tourist spot in the river. Ariyankuppam River drains into
Bay of Bengal
The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean, bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India. Its southern limit is a line between ...
at
Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
* Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India
** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry tal ...
Fishing Harbour.
See also
*
List of rivers of Puducherry {{short description, None
This is a list of the rivers in Puducherry, India.
Puducherry Region
* Gingee River
* Guduvaiyar River
* Malattar River
* Pambaiyar River
* Pennaiyar River
Karaikal Region
* Arasalar River
* Nandalar River
* Nattar ...
References
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Rivers of Puducherry
Rivers of India