Trip to Shivasamudram

I was thinking to post this a month before, but, due to time constraints, I couldn’t. On Saturday,5th April we had a one-day trip to Shivanasamudra, a water fall nearby Bangalore. It has been quite a long since we started planning for a trip, but due to lack of planning and things like that, that didn’t workout. Anyway, this time it happened and it was an unforgettable experience.... Its been a very great weekend.

"Shivanasamudra is an ideal location from Bangalore and probably the largest waterfall in the Karnataka after Jog Falls. The place is also credited for hosting the first hydroelectric project in India. Here, Kaveri splits into two, falls into a valley in two separate places called Gaganachukki and Bharachukki and re-unites downstream.

Gaganachukki especially is a steep fall where water gushes down with great velocity. we were not allowed to go near the water. It is quite risky to climb down and reach waters because of un-predictable depth and slippery rocks. The two waterfalls are around a 15-minute drive. A steep staircase is carved out of rocks at Bharachukki, where we could play in water. "

Talakad or Talakkadu:
Talakad is about 130 Kms from Bangalore. Talakad is a small town on the left bank of the Cauvery River. The main attraction at this place is the 4th century temples. Talakad once had over 30 temples that today are buried in sand. The deserted place is carpeted with sand dunes.

We started at 8:30 AM (though we planned for 7AM). The 8 seat Toyota Qualis comfortably accommodated 7 of us and all of us were in a excited mood... We were njoyin the songs.. Moving on to the destination, we have seen so many fields. It was a nice drive through the sugar cane fields.

We got down at one place and took snaps in the feilds... Woooh everything was so serene and green...

We reached the waterfalls. Took some snaps and quickly we moved towards it only to be dissapointed to hear that we were not allowed to go towards the falls... felt like is this what we have come all the way to see?... Looking at the stream, we were soo excited..Fortunately, we came to knw that we were allowed in the other water falls... where we were supposed to go next... so we headed forward in anticipation.... :)

In another 30min we were at bharachukki water falls... the way to the falls was soo steep with the steps that were constructed with stones...we enjoyed this small part of the journey...the rocks were soo slippery...
we came down towards the water...

The sight of the still waters was sooo awesome... it tickling our senses... We had been on coracle ride..at first I was scared... but when the boat started to move...
I njoyed the ride :) The ridder moved it in circular motion making waves....
we njoyed this a lott.. the blue skies upon and the water beneath...
the fresh air ...woooo! that was superb.. :) He took the boat near the falls...the water sprinkled upon us... nd we were all wet... :D wanted to do tat again...

We came out of the boat totally drenched! ...we crossed the flowing waters and we found a place where the flow is not much.....went on the top by climbing the rocks... That was a scray and adventurous experience...We spent hours in the stream and the experience was rejuvenating..

We are all drenched... sneezing... Enough water play and it was time to go, we quickly boarded the cab.....we sat there under hotsun for some time and started back...We then moved on to our next destination, river Cauvery, and it was lunch time....We had lunch on our way at a place near by.....that was another new experience...

Straight after the lunch, we moved on to the temples in thallakad...The temples were wonderfully carved...took snaps and then we started towards the banks of river Cauvery.....

Had another coracle ride took snaps....All of us were really tired and slept till we enter bangalore city.... we reached home…transfered the pics to laptop... saw them and then slept at around 2am.. :)