Gangavathi (Kar)

Kan: ಗಂಗಾವತಿ gaṅgāvati ‘(Holy) River Village’  -City, Karnataka  From Ganga or Ganges, ‘goddess’ or ‘holy river’; and Dra: vāti, ‘village’, ‘settlement’. The Ganges is 1,500km away, as the crow flies. The Tungabhadra is a bit closer. The city is nicknamed...