Hanuman Nadhi or Hanumannathi is a

river A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river. In some cases, a river flows into the ground and becomes dry at the end of its course without reaching another body of wate ...

flowing in the

Tenkasi district Tenkasi is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, India, separated from Tirunelveli district on 22 November 2019. The Government of Tamil Nadu announced its creation on 18 July 2019. The district headquarters is at Tenkasi. Geography The dis ...

of the

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. It is a tributary of the

Chittar River Chittar River and its five tributaries and numerous other contributing streams originate in the Courtallam hills of Tenkasi District in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Together with its tributaries and streams, the Chittar River ser ...

. It rises at an altitude of 1,650 m (5,413 ft) above Courtalam in Tenkasi taluk, traverses in the slopes about 10 km (6 mi). receives Karuppanathi, its tributary, then it flows and merges with Chittar in Thayar Thoppu village in

Veerakeralampudur Veerakeralampudur is a taluk in Tenkasi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Economy Agriculture Agriculture is the main occupation. Most of the people work in farm fields and rolling Beedi. The main crops are paddy, onion, tomato, brin ...

taluk. The total length of Hanumannathi is 32 kilometres. The Adavinainar Reservoir is situated across the Hanumanathi river which is in Mekkarai village of Sengottai taluk with a capacity of 175 Mcft (47.20 meter height). The anaicuts built across the river, are Mettukal anaicut, Karisalkulam anaicut, Panpoli anaicut, Vallalkulam anaicut, Elathoor anaicut, Nainaragavan anaicut, Pungamkal anaicut and Kambli anaicut . The famous

Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple The Ayikudi Balasubramanya Swami Temple is a small Hindu temple in the village of Ayikudi, Thirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu, India. The temple visited by pilgrims and tourists who come to visit Kutralam Falls, Kasi Vishwanathar TemplTenkasian ...

is situated on the banks of Hanuman Nadhi. The Hindu deity Hanuman was said to have stopped by and rested on the banks of this river on his way to Lanka, hence the river was named Hanuman nadhi.

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This river flowing in Ayikudy,

Tenkasi Tenkasi is a town and headquarters of the Tenkasi district in Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Being one of the most significant spiritual and cultural places in South Tamilnadu,Tenkasi houses The Kutraleeshwarar temple (Chitra Sabha), one of the ...

taluk,

The restoration and desilting work is being done to the Hanuman Nadhi (Sep 2020) by a self interest group with the help of officials https://tirunelveli.nic.in/public-works-department/

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