Godavari (Godav`ari) , an important river of India, rises on the E. side of W. Ghâts, traverses in a SE. direction the entire Deccan, and forming a large delta, falls into the Bay of Bengal by seven mouths after a course of 900 m.; its mighty volume of water supplies irrigating and navigable canals for the whole Deccan; it is one of the 12 sacred rivers of India, and once in 12 years a bathing festival is celebrated on its banks.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Gobelins, Gilles and Jean * Godet, Frederick