# Walayar River

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  | image             = Velliyar puzha.jpg
  | image_caption     = Walayar River in 2010
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  | subdivision_name1 = [India](/source/India)
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'''Walayar River''' (also called '''Velliyar River''' or '''Valliyar River''') is one of the tributaries of the river [Kalpathipuzha](/source/Kalpathipuzha).It originates in the Sirumalai hills. The ''Kalpathipuzha'' is one of the main tributaries of the  [Bharathapuzha River](/source/Bharathapuzha_River), the second-longest river in [Kerala](/source/Kerala), India.

The [Walayar Dam](/source/Walayar_Dam) is constructed across this river.<ref name="u621">{{cite web | title=India | website=Palakkad | date=2018-03-20 | url=https://palakkad.nic.in/en/dams/ | access-date=2025-02-16}}</ref> It was completed and opened in 1964. Previously, [Walayar Dam](/source/Walayar_Dam) was as famous as [Malampuzha Dam](/source/Malampuzha_Dam). The Walayar dam has an associated irrigation project.<ref name="b656">{{cite web | title=Walayar Irrigation Project | website=Irrigation-kerala | date=2025-02-11 | url=https://www.irrigation.kerala.gov.in/walayar-irrigation-project | access-date=2025-02-16}}</ref>

The river is by a valley and a garden equipped with a children's play area.

==History==
In August 2023, two students were drowned after being washed away by strong currents in the river.<ref name="t048">{{cite web | last=Daily | first=Keralakaumudi | title=Search for two engineering students washed away in Walayar River | website=Keralakaumudi Daily | url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/news.php?id=1123524&u=search-for-two-engineering-students-washed-away-in-walayar-river-1123524 | access-date=2025-02-16}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Waters of Kerala}}

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Category:Rivers of Palakkad district
Category:Bharathappuzha

{{Kerala-river-stub}}

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