The Birth of River Godavari

The River Godavari also called as River Gouthami links to River Ganga and Lord Shiva.

Lord Shiva placed River Ganga on his head. The wife of Lord Shiva, Parvathi was angry on Shiva and want to separate Ganga from Lord Shiva. For this she asked her son Vinayaka to do the needful.

There was a Rishi called Gouthama on Brahmagiri Mountain. He was lord shiva devotee and was given a boon so that the crops yield out within minutes of planting the seeds at any climatic conditions. With that boon he used have  food daily  for him as well for people who come to his Ashrama. 

Once Gouthama planted some seeds in a place and started doing meditation. As it is as at that place crops yield out immediately.  Observing this Vinayaka  created one Maya Cow and kept it in the middle of the plants. The cow started eating all those plants. 

After his meditation Gauthama came and saw the cow eating all the crops. Immediately he took one grass blade  and threw it on the Maya Cow saying as "Hari.....Hari" ( name of God) but with the magic of Vinayaka the words came out as "Haree....Haree" ( meaning to die).  As the words changed and the grass which was thrown by Gauthama worked as Aakgneyasthram and the Maya Cow died in that place.

Listening to the scream of the Cow other Maharshis around came there and said to Gauthama that the cow died it is Gohathyapathaka (a sin of killing a cow ) The Maharshi asked them a way to get relieved from that sin. Then they said to bring Ganga from Lord Shiva head and let it flow on the dead cow. 

Gauthama prayed to Lord Shiva and asked for River Ganga. Lord Shiva accepted it and he squeezed his head so that Ganga flew down to earth and flown on the dead cow. Gauthama was relieved from the sin.

As the Ganga came to earth as asked by Gauthama it is called as "Gauthami River" and it is flown over the dead body of the cow it is called as "Godavari " ( Govu means cow ). 

 The River Godavari stays as Antharvahini at Nasik. As per the wish of wife Ganga, Lord Shiva  gave her the boon to come out from Gomukham. Lord Shiva  came as "Thrayambakeswara" at Nasik the birth place of Gauthami Or Godavari River.

From the birth place Nasik to the Sea it flows nearly 1000 miles and whoever takes bath at any place of Godavari will be relieved of the sins. 

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