13th May 2011, 18:37
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| Blore-> Shivasamudram hi, This is an old travelogue... I have been reading Team-BHP and just got the coveted membership. We went to Shivasamudram (~130 km from Bangalore) in August 2010. These falls are located on Cauvery river and are the second highest waterfalls in India (after Jog Falls). We got up early in the morning and left our house at 8AM on a saturday. There are two routes of reaching Shivasamudram (1) you can take the NICE road and take the National Highway 209 or (2) you can take the Mysore road and take a turn at Maddur (~100 km from Bangalore). After reading various travelogues of BHPians, I decided to take route 2. The traffic on Mysore road was just like a car race (Which is common, unless you start very early). We reached Maddur by 1030AM. You need to watch out for the road that goes towards Malavalli. This is just where the Mysore road takes almost 100 degree turn towards right (inside Maddur town). Alternatively you can ask local people for the route to Malavalli. Please Note: The falls are famous as Gaganchukki and BharaChukki. Not too many people are familiar with the name Shivasamudram. The state highway roads are not too bad, just keep the speed under control because the road passes through many villages. There are two falls Gaganchukki and Bhara Chukki. Gaganchukki comes first and you need to take a left turn at the entrance of what looks like State electricity board entrance. The falls present a breathtaking view. The water flow was huge and the falls were generating a mist of water droplets due to the height. After clicking few pictures and enjoying the amazing view we left for Bhara chukki. You can get another view of Gagan chukki from what is known as Dargah view point. Bhara chukki is few kms from there. We reached Bhara chukki by 1 pm and the view from the top was breathtaking. The walk down to the banks is little scary as the steps are made of stone and cement. the descent is rather steep at some places and is not advisable for elderly people. On reaching the banks of the falls, we also took a couple of coracle rides. This was the high point of the trip. The boat ride was just out of the world experience. Let the photographs flow now Gaganchukki falls  Gaganchukki falls  Gaganchukki falls  Gaganchukki falls from Dargah viewpoint  Gaganchukki falls from Dargah viewpoint  Gaganchukki falls from Dargah viewpoint  Bara chukki falls as seen from the top  Coracle boats waiting  Coracle boats waiting   Mist created by falls at Gaganchukki Mist created at Bhara chukki    Steep climb from Bhara chukki falls to reach the road  A stream of the falls   Top view of the falls   |
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16th May 2011, 13:43
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16th May 2011, 13:55
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| Re: Blore-> Shivasamudram Wonderful pics. Looks like you went there at the best time to visit the falls.  |
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16th May 2011, 15:45
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16th May 2011, 17:52
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| Re: Blore-> Shivasamudram Quote:
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16th May 2011, 21:52
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| Re: Blore-> Shivasamudram Quote:
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17th May 2011, 12:42
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17th May 2011, 14:29
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| Re: Blore-> Shivasamudram Quote:
 I guess one way to counter rowdy crowd is to start early and reach the falls by 10-11 AM... usually people start showing up at around 1 in the afternoon | |
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