Photo Essay: Lakes, Streams, Waterfalls, Rivers, Sea,..

Water bodies have a charm that pulls them to me intently. I can spend endless hours sitting on a rock, dipping my legs into the gentle flow of the river. The sight of a clean and pleasing lake or a river fills me with an urge to get into it for a swim, or to sit on its bank and while away my time. Sound of waves in a lonely beach after sunset, or song of a river or waterfall give me a pleasure that I can’t describe. Would I have a choice, I would live next to a river, not too far away from the sea and go swimming the first thing every morning. Some images of the magic of water –

Jog Falls
An unusual view of a section of Jog Falls – India’s tallest Waterfall.

Corbett National Park
Ramanganga flows quietly on a cold winter morning in Corbett National Park

Kappad Beach
Kappad beach near Kozhikode, in North Kerala.

Charmadi
A nondescript stream near Chikmaglur.

Mahakoota
A small pond with fresh and clean water from a spring in Mahakoota, a small temple village.

Muthyala Maduvu
Muthyala Madu, a small waterfall that comes alive in the rainy seasons, just outside Bangalore.

Gokarna beach
Long and empty beach at Gokarna, a small town in Karnataka.

Matupatty Dam, Munnar
Mattupetty Dam, Munnar, Kerala

Kanchenjunga National Park
Samiti Lake is a picture published often here. At almost 14,000 feet near Goecha La, Kanchenjunga National Park, Sikkim.

Ayyanakere, chickmaglur
Hirekolale Lake, Chikmaglur.

Chandratal Lake
Chandratal Lake, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

Goecha la
A frozen lake at Goecha la, Kanchenjunga National Park, Sikkim.

Gaganachukki, Shivanasamudra
Shivanasamudra Waterfall, Karnataka.

Coracles in Hampi
Tungabhadra River at Hampi, Karnataka.

Batal, Lahaul and Spiti
Chandra River, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

Ram Jhula
And finally, Ganga at Rishikesh.


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Friday Photo: Sunset Ridge

Thadiyandamol

Thadiyandamol, Coorg.


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Friday Photo: In Pushkar

A man is intensely immersed in his book even as he is boiling milk and stirring it once in a while.

Pushkar

In Pushkar, Rajasthan. February 2008.