| Shivnath River | |
| Subdivision Type1: | Country |
| Subdivision Name1: | India |
| Subdivision Type2: | State |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chhattisgarh |
| Subdivision Type5: | City |
| Subdivision Name5: | Durg |
| Length: | 383km (238miles) |
| Discharge1 Location: | Mahanadi at Changori near Shivrinarayan |
| Source1: | Pana aras Hill |
| Source1 Location: | Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh |
| Mouth: | Mahanadi |
| Mouth Location: | Changori, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh |
Shivnath River (or Seonath River) is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River,[1] which joins Changori in the Janjgir-Champa district in Chhattisgarh, India. It has a total course of 290km (180miles). The name comes from the god Shiva[2] in Hinduism.
Shivnath originates from Godari village in Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra, and flows northeast for 300 kms then joins the Mahanadi river near the town Shivrinarayan in Chhattisgarh. Some record origination at Panabaras Hill, 624m (2,047feet) above sea level in the Ambagarh Chowki division of Rajnandgaon District of Chhattisgarh.
The river flows in the northeast direction for from its source then joins the Mahanadi River at Changori near the town Shivrinarayan.[3] [4] [5] [6]
The river was sold by the government of Madhya Pradesh to Radius Water Limited in 1998, to much controversy by locals.[7] Arvind Kejriwal discussed this controversy in his book Swaraj.