Why in news?

• Pranahita Pushkaralu festival organised on banks of Pranahita river concludes.
• Pranahita is largest tributary of the Godavari River.
• It originates in Madhya Pradesh, merges with Godavari River at Kaleshwaram, Telangana.
• Kaleshwaram is called Triveni Sangamam as it’s the confluence point for Godavari, Saraswathi and Pranahita rivers.
• Godavari river rises from Trimbakeshwar in the Nashik district of Maharashtra and flows for most of its course generally eastward across broad plateau of Deccan (peninsular India).