Hogenekal waterfalls

HOGENAKKAL (Tamil Nadu) - Smoking Rocks

This is one of the wonderful waterfalls in Tamil Nadu. It is a part of the river Cauvery and is about 250 metres above sea level. The main attraction of the falls is its vertical drop from a height of 20 metres with a thundering sound. A sacred bathing place, Hogenakkal is well known for its power of healing. It is located at a distance of 114 km from Salem and 133 km from Bangalore.

The 15 km descent from Pennagaram to Hogenakkal snakes through very interesting terrain. In these lands, one can see villages with lush fields of mulberry, fodder for busy silkworms, and the broad-leaved though often scraggy castor. On the outskirts of the rural settlements en route are their fascinating guardian deities, often referred to as Aiyanars. Made of terracotta or plastered brick, these giant figures are brightly colored and generally depict fearsome and mustachioed warriors. But exceptions to this excessively macho rule are also seen at some places.

As the scrub-covered slopes give way to thickets of thorny vegetation and then, almost imperceptibly, when tall trees began to rise, the air reverberates, with the soft roar of running water becoming more and more assertive as one reaches lower and lower.



At the bottom of the valley, the Cauvery tributaries spread in a blue and shimmering web. They gurgle, shimmer, some hardly more than exposed rocks, and large rocky stretches where old trees grew. Women in bright saris bathe, or wash clothes in the running water.

The spa-hamlet rises off the road-a scatter of shacks and buildings, staggering up the slopes of the valley, gazing down at the water-woods on the other side of the road. It has the character of a village struggling to become a town, a little tatty in patches, not yet chrome glass-and-polish, still retaining much of its truly rural charm.

Often referred to as basket-boats, the circular vessels called Coracles have bamboo frames covered in either black plastic or buffalo hide. They wait like black mushrooms, propped against trees or upturned on the banks of the river. When the river is in spate, all the dark rocks are submerged, but if one goes there in February, which is among the most favored months to visit this riverine spa, there should not be any problem. Coracles are among the oldest types of watercraft in the world, and among the most successful-a reassuring thought when one is floating in these saucer-like devices.

Sougata Bhar (visited on 3.2.2008) from Bangalore

HOGENAKKAL Falls is in Karnataka not in Tamil Nadu.

Hogenakkal is a disputed area, belongs to both Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Niether has a direct claim on it.

natural resorces are gods gift to all living things.
courts and goverments had their say about the borders and owhnership of the land area.
all man made.no body can control operate the mother nature.
may god bless every one with their daily bread and WATER.

its THAMIZH NADU not karnadaka

Hi evrybody..Hogenakall..the word itself is in KANNADA..meaning "Rocks of Mist". Infact even Coimbatore,Ooti r really Koimattooru,Udakamandala which were pure Kannada areas.
To Ms/Mr panchabhootam..your thinking is absolutely right. but does it apply to the lost Tamil places also?. B impartial while applying such kind of thinking. I hope U wil.

if u want, u plug the water tightly with a cork, at the same time u please use another cork for the back waters sent by u to Hosur from varathu lake. What a wonderful idea. ur karnataka will burst with water in mysore and u will drown and the whole bengaluru will stink. foolish fellows, do u any sense. any water overflowing is ours. u are spoiling hosur and krishnagiri dist. by letting out the back waters in tamilnadu and spoiling the krishnagiri dam.

When in the world will you guys stop fighting on land and water. Try to be an Indian but not a kannadiga or a thamizhan. God, please save the king..........

To lakman...U TN govt is wasting so many water by leaving it to sea. Water is not overflowing in Karnataka U OVERFLOWING FOOOOL..its in TN. Look at d statistics,area if irragated land by Kaveri. U wil com to Know. B honest.

whatever.. Hogenekkal s a good picnic spot and is present in South India..

U fool kannadiga, first of all u want to learn indian history,

Hokenakkal is not 100% more than 500% it is tamilnadu govt place.

Go veetla periyavanga iruntha vara sollu.

Enrendrum punnagaiudan
Tamilan Endru sollada
Thalai nimirndu nillada.

Vazhga Tamil valarga Tamil.

Karnataka should not give water to tamil nadu.
becoz tamil nadu wasting water.it is not constructed any dam across cavery othre than mettur and kallani. karnataka invested more in constucting dam like kabini KSR. they want benifit from dam. it is their right.cavery is orginate in karanatka. so it is belong to karnataka. when karnataka constructing dam what TN govt. done? they slept on that time.
TN should construct more dam in cauvery .but TN always blaming karnataka.
karnataka sharing water with TN. but TN wants more and wasting water also.

To be impartial, this is kaveri river which falls on to rocks creating beautiful spots spread accross a wide area. Some of the parts belong to karnataka and the latter to Tamilnadu.So instead of fighting for this over the wikimapia it is better to enjoy the beauty of nature. The matter is being looked into by the Central govt since the boundary is in dispute. So dont make this a battle on the net.It should be accepted that the name is of Kannada origin (Hogena kallu) but most of the people who live here are Tamilians.

tamil nadu should not give current to them then they should surrunder with us