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Palar , , is a river of southern India. It rises in Nandi Hills, India in Chikkaballapura district of Karnataka state, and flows 93km in Karnataka, 33km in Andhra Pradesh and 222km in Tamil Nadu before its confluence into the Bay of Bengal at Vayalur about 100km south of Chennai. It flows as an underground river for a long distance only to emerge near Bethamangala town, from where, gathering water and speed, it flows eastward down the Deccan Plateau. The cities of Ramanaickenpet, Vaniyambadi, Ambur, Gudiyatham, Vellore, Melvisharam, Arcot, Ranipet Walajapet, Kanchipuram, and Chengalpattu are located on banks of Palar River. Of all the total of seven tributaries, the chief tributary is Cheyyar River.