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

May 17, 2008

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.

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11 Comments »
*** rajeev - May 17, 2008, 9:30 am ***

Beautiful compilation. Thx for putting it together.

*** backpakker - May 17, 2008, 12:00 pm ***

water is such a wonderful element and in your pictures, I can feel the colours come alive..
lakshmi

*** indicaspecies - May 18, 2008, 11:46 am ***

All beautiful but the Mattupetty and Hirekolale are out of this world beautiful!

*** Prashanth M - May 18, 2008, 6:02 pm ***

Amazing photos!! As for Jog falls, it’s not the tallest falls in India. It’s 11th tallest. Tallest is Kunchikal falls in western ghats, near Agumbe or so

*** Anil P - May 18, 2008, 6:21 pm ***

The picture of the Tungbhadra river is an excellent one.

*** Nomadic Matt - May 19, 2008, 6:38 pm ***

did you take all of those!?!! they are great.

do you have stumble upon?

*** Arun - May 20, 2008, 3:22 am ***

Thank you all for the comments.

Matt, answer to both questions is yes. My stumbleupon id is arunchs.

*** Rulzbender - May 21, 2008, 11:34 am ***

your images are very poetic….and yeah just made me realize that I still have to go many miles….. *sigh*…..

tk care ~

*** Rulzbender - May 21, 2008, 11:35 am ***

ps ~ No not envious, just glad that till I find these destinations I can see through your eyes. Thanks !!

*** Lavanya - May 29, 2008, 11:18 am ***

How did I miss the picture of the lake in Munnar when I saw this post the last time ? It is pretty nice.. I should go to Munnar - too.

*** vinu - May 29, 2008, 8:28 pm ***

nice shots man. I remember the Gokarna one :-)


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