यह सवाल अलग-अलग स्रोतों में थोड़ा भ्रम पैदा करता है।
सामान्य और सबसे ज्यादा स्वीकृत उत्तर है गोदावरी नदी, जिसे दक्षिण गंगा कहा जाता है क्योंकि यह दक्षिण भारत की सबसे लंबी और अत्यंत महत्वपूर्ण नदी है।
वहीं कावेरी नदी को भी कुछ स्थानों पर दक्षिण की गंगा कहा जाता है, खासकर उसके धार्मिक महत्व के कारण। लेकिन सामान्य GK और परीक्षाओं में सही उत्तर गोदावरी नदी ही माना जाता है।
कावेरी नदी भी बहुत पवित्र मानी जाती है, इसलिए उसे यह उपनाम क्षेत्रीय रूप से दिया जाता है। इसलिए दोनों नाम मिल सकते हैं, लेकिन स्टैंडर्ड जवाब गोदावरी नदी ही होता है।
Tara Verma is a practising teacher and education content writer with over 10 years of classroom experience across primary and secondary levels. She holds a Master's degree in Education (M.Ed.) from Delhi University and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) from Jamia Millia Islamia — qualifications that ground her writing in both pedagogical theory and the day-to-day realities of teaching in India. Her content covers exam preparation strategies, learning methodologies, curriculum guidance, student mental health, career counselling for students, and the evolving state of school and higher education in India. Her work has appeared on platforms including TeacherVision India, Jagran Josh, and Careers360, where she writes for students, parents, and fellow educators who need content built on actual teaching experience — not theory alone. Over a decade of working directly with students across age groups and learning levels has given Tara a practical understanding of how education content should be written — clearly, accessibly, and with genuine awareness of the challenges students and teachers face on the ground. She has taught 1,000+ students, contributed to school curriculum development initiatives, and published 250+ articles on education across digital platforms. She is an active member of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) India. Across all her writing, every recommendation is classroom-tested, every insight comes from direct teaching experience, and every article is held to the same standard she applies in her own classroom — accuracy, clarity, and genuine usefulness for the reader.
