I was at Jog Falls two weeks ago. I missed the glorious days when it was falling with full force, but nevertheless we had good amount of water.
Also see: More about Jog Falls on India Travel Blog.
An overflowing dam on the way to Jog Falls
Jog Falls..
Another view..
People look down from the cliffs of the waterfall – a view that was popularized recently by the movie Mungaru Male. A lot of people have been coming to Jog since the movie was released.
And this is what you get to see when you look down from the top
With steady inflow from Coorg owing to pouring rains, KRS is now full, and there is plenty of water flowing down in Kaveri. Hoping that this is the right time, I decided to make a quick day trip to Shivanasamudra. There indeed was plenty of water and we had a great time. Even though we started as early as 6am, we had no intention to reach the falls – 120km away, before 3pm. We stopped often along the way and drove easy. The stop-overs were breakfast at Kamat Lokaruchi, rocky terrains of Ramnagar and some lakes after Maddur. We decided to take a deviation to Talkad before heading to Shivanasamudra. Some photos..
on the way… building a hay stack..
a cart in the field..
every one seemed to be working with hay..
Life sprouting on a dry lake bed
Bharachukki falls with full strength
A section of Gaganachukki
Another section of Gaganachukki
And another section of Gaganachukki..
More information
* More about Shivanasamudra and how to get there
* More about Talkad
* Other places on the bank of Kaveri
* More weekend getaways from Bangalore
18-Jun-07, 8-30PM : Updated with two more images.
Come monsoon, many waterfalls come alive in the hilly regions of South India – in the Sahyadris and Nilgiris. Drive around these hills, and you encounter streams running down hurriedly every few minutes, each one looking prettier than the next. Here is a compilation of a small number of them – some of them very well known and some nondescript.
Jog Falls is the highest waterfall in India. A series of dams constructed upstream have now rendered this fall to only a trickle of water most of the year. Last year, good rains opened up the gates and the fall was in its full glory after good two decades!
Hogenakkal is one of the beautiful waterfalls on the border of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.
Irpu Waterfall in Coorg is beautiful in itself, and is in a pretty location at the base of Brahmagiri Hills in Coorg.
Abbi falls is another waterfall in Coorg close to Madikeri, and is a popular tourist destination
A small waterfall on Ooty-Gudalur road
Muthyala Madu is just outside Bangalore, near Anekal town.
An unknown waterfall on near Chikmagalur on Charmadi Ghat
The stream fed by the waterfall above.
Thanks to a comment by Sanjay, I was reminded of gushing waters of Kaveri upstream of Mekedatu. Many small to big waterfalls occur before Kaveri slides through a small channel at Mekedatu, and this is one of them.
This is a waterfall near Agumbe, which requires a thirty minute walk in a leech ridden path. But the beauty of the waterfall amidst the dense forest is worth all the effort.
Missing here is the image of two waterfalls at Shivanasamudra – Gaganachukki and Bharachukki where Kaveri falls down from a good height. Unfortunately I never happened to carry the camera each time I was there.