Brahmani is the second largest river in
Orissa. The river originates as two rivers, Shankha and
Koel, from Chota Nagpur Plateau in
Jharkhand and later joins Saraswati at
Vedvyas to form Brahmani. Vedvyas is a sacred place, located nine kilometers from
Rourkela. The river has a total length of 799 km of which 541 km has traverses Orissa. It has a total catchment area of over 39,033 sq km in the state. Brahmani flows through the
Eastern Ghats in the
Sundargarh,
Keonjhar,
Dhenkanal,
Cuttack and
Jajpur districts before joining with the
Mahanadi to form a combined mouth and merging with the
Bay of Bengal.
