“Tamil:
கல்லும் காவேரியும் உள்ளமட்டும் வாழ்க.”
“English Translation:
May you live as long as the rocks and the Cauveri exist.The river Cauveri rises in the western ghauts and flows into the bay of Bengal. It is the source of the great fertility of Tanjore and the adjacent districts. According to the legend it originated in the following manner. In ancient times when the people of southern India suffered from drought, Ganésa became incarnate in the form of a crow. As such he visited the abode of an ascetic on one of the western hills. He there alighted on the waterpot of a hermit and upset it. The water thus spilt, by reason of the hermit’s merit, became a river: the current spelling would make the name the lake of the crow: the legend requires the word to be spelt காவேரி crow mounting, whereas காவேரி lake of the crow is common.”,