Musings of a Wandering Mind

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 –

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

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

Kappad beach near Kozhikode, in North Kerala.

A nondescript stream near Chikmaglur.

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

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

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

Mattupetty Dam, Munnar, Kerala

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

Hirekolale Lake, Chikmaglur.

Chandratal Lake, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

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

Shivanasamudra Waterfall, Karnataka.

Tungabhadra River at Hampi, Karnataka.

Chandra River, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh.

And finally, Ganga at Rishikesh.