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Photo Essay: a quick visit to Shivanasamudra

July 22, 2007

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
Bharachukki falls with full strength

Gaganachukki
A section of Gaganachukki

Shivanasamudra
Another section of Gaganachukki


And another section of Gaganachukki..

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12 Comments »
*** Priyank - July 22, 2007, 10:06 pm ***

great captures at slow shutterspeeds

*** Charu - July 23, 2007, 3:51 am ***

The photographs are beautiful! I like the one of the leaf the best…

*** Arun - July 23, 2007, 12:29 pm ***

Thanks Priyank.

Thank you Charu, thats my fav too :)

*** Anil P - July 24, 2007, 3:30 pm ***

Life on the dry lake bed is swell. Any idea what sapling it might have been?

*** Prashanth M - July 25, 2007, 5:03 am ***

beautiful photos as usual!!

*** Arun - July 25, 2007, 3:37 pm ***

No idea Anil. Will try to ask experts..

Thanks Prashanth.

*** backpakker - July 28, 2007, 7:51 am ***

your pic on life at dry bed is awesome :)

*** Poons - August 1, 2007, 9:37 pm ***

Tourism is destroying the Himalayas as I once knew, scarring her forever. Organised treks have made the inaccessable, easy to dig, tear, burn or to trample on.
Read more Tourism in Himalayas

*** F e r r a r i - August 24, 2007, 11:45 am ***

Hello Arun,

How are the roads? Would you suggest the Kanakapura road or the one via Maddur? Please advise

Regards
-Prabhu

*** Arun - August 24, 2007, 2:21 pm ***

Take Mysore road..

*** Anonymous - January 22, 2009, 7:14 am ***

Are their any bus services from bangalore ??

*** India Travel Blog » Time to Head to Jog Falls.. - travelogues, travel guide, places to see and information - June 15, 2009, 6:41 pm ***

[...] 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 [...]


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