PENNAR, or PENNER  , two rivers of southern India, distinguished as North an South . The native name is Pinakini . Both rise near the hil: ~f Nandidrug in Mysore state, and flow eastward into the Ba} of Bengal . The northern is the more important and has a toted length of 355 m., that of the southern being 245 M . This latter bears the alternative name of the Ponniar . The Pennar (northern) river canal system comprises more than 30 M. of canals, irrigating 155,500 acres .