Waterfalls definitely seem to be the flavour of the season. There is a sudden jump in popularity of reports on waterfalls on India Travel Blog.
* Jog Falls
* Hogenakkal
* Shivanasamudra
* Chunchi
But surprisingly, there are not many visitors coming in search of Hebbe falls and Irpu. May be because thery are much smaller and a little far off from Bangalore.
Never ending rains in Karnataka have filled up all the dams and rivers are overflowing. I had made a visit to Shivanasamudra a few weeks back and was amused to see the amount of water falling down. Now it is the turn of Jog Falls, with Sharavathi river overflowing. India’s tallest waterfall is back to its glory again, in its second consecutive year. There are many emails floating all around with glorious pictures of the fall. See some amazing photographs. Below is how the waterfall normally looks through the year!
Also – read my trip report to Jog
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
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