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The Dowleswaram Barrage, rebuilt in honor of British engineer Sir Arthur Cotton, controls this river's flow near Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh. Rising from the Brahmagiri hills in Nashik, Maharashtra, this river travels over 1,400 kilometers entirely within India's borders. It forms the northern boundary of the Deccan Plateau and drains into the Bay of Bengal through a wide delta. Revered in Hindu tradition, it carries the Sanskrit epithet 'Dakshina Ganga,' meaning the Ganges of the South. s, name this longest river flowing entirely within India.

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Think 'Dakshina Ganga' — the southern Ganges that starts in Nashik and ends in Andhra Pradesh.

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Difficulty: PathfinderGrades: 4-5Sub-topic: Indian Rivers

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