GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Godavari river is known as Dakshin Ganga or the Ganga of South. The source of the Godavari is northeast of Bombay (Mumbai in the local Marathi language) in the state of Maharashtra, and the river follows a southeasterly course for 1, 400 kilometers to its mouth on the Andhra Pradesh coast.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Kaveri River is also known as Daksina Ganga, the “Ganges of the South” and Kaveri Amman when worshipped as a river goddess. In ancient Tamil literature, the river was also called Ponni (the golden maid, in reference to the fine silt it deposits).