[2][3] Hiranyakeshi is a sanskrit word which means "one with golden hair"[4] and refers to the Hindu goddess Parvati.

2 km before it reaches Ajra, the river plunges over a rocky ledge about 5 metres high forming the Ramteerth falls and then crosses under another bridge.

At the town of Sankeshwar it goes southeast for a short distance before it converges with Ghataprabha river after Hidkal dam and before Gokak falls.

[citation needed] During the monsoon months, fresh rain water transforms the landscape into a lush green oasis with different types of mushrooms which sprout out along its banks.

[citation needed] Physico-chemical analysis showed that the water of the Hiranyakeshi River was in 2010 mostly within the limits of WHO standards with the exemption of samples taken at Chicalgud because of the addition of domestic sewage and sugar mill effluents.