The Legend of Kaveri (Cauvery)

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Long ago a rishi by the name of Kavera lived in Brahmagiri. The god

Brahma gave him a daughter. Because she was brought up by Kavera, she

was called Kaveri.

 

Kaveri was a very beautiful girl. One day Rishi Agastya passed

through Brahmagiri, and saw saw Kaveri. He liked her and wanted to

marry her. He asked Rishi Kavera's permission to marry his daughter,

and the rishi gave his consent. Kaveri, however, made one condition.

She said to Agastya: "I shall marry you, but you should never leave

me alone. If you do, I shall at once turn into a river." Agastya

agreed to the condition. He then married her. The two lived a happy

life.

 

Then one night, the Gods sent out Agastya on some urgent business. He

left when Kaveri was asleep -- but when she happened to wake up to

find that she was alone, she at once she became a river, and went

underground. When Agastya returned, he realized what had happened. He

mourned his loss but could not recover his wife. From that day Kaveri

has been living as a river.

 

The people of Goorg worship the river Kaveri as a Goddess. She is the

Ganga of the South. Each house has a picture. In that picture Goddess

Kaveri is seen blessing a devotee. In the evening people say their

prayers in front of the picture.

 

Have you seen a woman of Goorg? She wears her sari in a special way,

and there is a reason for it. On the day Kaveri became a river, the

people of Goorg went to receive her. They met her on her way down the

hill. But the force with which the waters rolled was very great. The

women's saris began to drag in the current. To keep the saris in

place, they tied them in a special way, which is even to this day

followed. Kaveri told them: "You should wear your saris in the same

manner from now on. Then you will remember me. I bless you." Kaveri

became their family Goddess, and they have been wearing their saris

in that special style ever since.

 

Excerpted from

http://www.hindubooks.org/culture_course/book4/Kaveri/page1.htm

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The story is by and large true. The only difference in the version that I have

heard is that Kaveri was arrogant and went about destroying crops etc. so

Agasthya put her into his kamandalu.

The Gods were very keen on getting Cauvery to flow as a river to bless the land

parched for water. So after removing Agasthya from the scene, Indra came as a

crow and toppled the kamandalu , thus releasing Cauvery.

It is also interesting to note that at the day and time of the birth of Cauvery

which is the ransit of Sun from Virgo to libra (which varies from year to year

according to Hindu calender) at THALACAUVERY, { the place where the kamandau was

over turned} there is a pond and in reminiscence of the origin of Kauvery

suddenly wells up and overflows. This is considered a very auspicious event.

Some say that this is some form of gyser. But the date and time is the exact

moment of transit of Sun rom Libra to Virgo - that is fixed according to Indian

astrology and it is never the same time and date every year. The "gyser" seems

to be a good astrologer able to understand the date and time of the transit

correct to the minute.

It is a veruy interesting sight to see.

 

Kochu

Devi Bhakta <devi_bhakta wrote:Long ago a rishi by the name of

Kavera lived in Brahmagiri. The god

Brahma gave him a daughter. Because she was brought up by Kavera, she

was called Kaveri.

 

Kaveri was a very beautiful girl. One day Rishi Agastya passed

through Brahmagiri, and saw saw Kaveri. He liked her and wanted to

marry her. He asked Rishi Kavera's permission to marry his daughter,

and the rishi gave his consent. Kaveri, however, made one condition.

She said to Agastya: "I shall marry you, but you should never leave

me alone. If you do, I shall at once turn into a river." Agastya

agreed to the condition. He then married her. The two lived a happy

life.

 

Then one night, the Gods sent out Agastya on some urgent business. He

left when Kaveri was asleep -- but when she happened to wake up to

find that she was alone, she at once she became a river, and went

underground. When Agastya returned, he realized what had happened. He

mourned his loss but could not recover his wife. From that day Kaveri

has been living as a river.

 

The people of Goorg worship the river Kaveri as a Goddess. She is the

Ganga of the South. Each house has a picture. In that picture Goddess

Kaveri is seen blessing a devotee. In the evening people say their

prayers in front of the picture.

 

Have you seen a woman of Goorg? She wears her sari in a special way,

and there is a reason for it. On the day Kaveri became a river, the

people of Goorg went to receive her. They met her on her way down the

hill. But the force with which the waters rolled was very great. The

women's saris began to drag in the current. To keep the saris in

place, they tied them in a special way, which is even to this day

followed. Kaveri told them: "You should wear your saris in the same

manner from now on. Then you will remember me. I bless you." Kaveri

became their family Goddess, and they have been wearing their saris

in that special style ever since.

 

Excerpted from

http://www.hindubooks.org/culture_course/book4/Kaveri/page1.htm

 

 

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