I was immersed in Kaveri River and the buoyancy was pushing me upwards while I tried to feel the wet ground .It is an amazing feeling being immersed.not doing anything and experiencing Ur whole body just floating ...as if u are on a bed of water....
I was in "Hogenekal” a famous tourist destination 175 km from Bangalore ...a place of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ...
As I lay submerged in the river that had a gentle stream flowing. I found myself between two rocky terrain ...on the left side was the border of Tamil Nadu, on right side was border of Karnataka...
Having bargained for a pretty shabby deal for a boat ride(Rs 500 for 2 people ) me and badri jumped into the round boat.
The boatman took us into the small waterfalls ...right into them
It was quiet a feeling to experience heavy rush of waterfall over Ur head. For a moment its like Ganga falling on lord Shankar ;-)
We then went to another place (which wasn’t very deep) and found many people having bath ...yes bath ... proper bath shampoo, soap and stuff.... and where there are humans (or crowd of humans let me be more specific) there cannot be cleanliness. Water bottles, coke bottles paper plate throw in the river....
Pew why can’t we try to keep nature clean ...anyways I have a different bog for PEOPLE BASHING ;-)) ...
Here if u see the rocky terrain ... I am told that during rainy season this whole are gets submerged.
On these rocks you see holes being formed. These holes are formed by strong whirlpools formed when the flow of river is strong...
The flow of the river was quiet gentle and being so close to water i couldnt but help jump in it ;-) (the water wasn't too deep ).as i crashed inot the watr's surface a thought flashed my mind "Damn!! my mobile and pm3 player are still in my pocket ;-) .Too late !!! " I was already submerged in water and my mobile some how(may be due to bouyance of water ) manage to escape form my pocket and land into the wet bottom sand of the river .Luckily as teh water was shallow i picked it up only to see it fully drenched and breathing its last ;-) .... I checked my mp3 player which toomeet with the same fate ;-( .
So inspite of saving Rs 100 for the boat ride we had to spend an additional Rs 5000 for a new mobile and mp3 player ... ;-( As THEY say WHEN SOME THING HAS TO GO WRONG IT WILL GO WRONG ;-) ) but anyways this event did make it a memorable trip ...i dont think i'll be able to forget it even if i try ;-)
Overall a gr8 place to spend time in water and for swimming ...it is defiantly a must visit place.
Just be careful with ur electronic gadgets though ;-)
How to reach there
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We boarded a TNSTC bus from forum mall to "Dharmapuri"district in Tamil nadu. From there we’ll find buses to "Hogenakal”. There is also a direct bus from hosur to hogenekal but am not sure of its timings.
From Dharmapuri one can find several buses to Bangalore.
One can even go to "Krishnagiri" and then form there to Hogenekal ...but I heard there are not many buses to hogenakal.
I was in "Hogenekal” a famous tourist destination 175 km from Bangalore ...a place of contention between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu ...
As I lay submerged in the river that had a gentle stream flowing. I found myself between two rocky terrain ...on the left side was the border of Tamil Nadu, on right side was border of Karnataka...
Having bargained for a pretty shabby deal for a boat ride(Rs 500 for 2 people ) me and badri jumped into the round boat.
The boatman took us into the small waterfalls ...right into them
It was quiet a feeling to experience heavy rush of waterfall over Ur head. For a moment its like Ganga falling on lord Shankar ;-)
We then went to another place (which wasn’t very deep) and found many people having bath ...yes bath ... proper bath shampoo, soap and stuff.... and where there are humans (or crowd of humans let me be more specific) there cannot be cleanliness. Water bottles, coke bottles paper plate throw in the river....
Pew why can’t we try to keep nature clean ...anyways I have a different bog for PEOPLE BASHING ;-)) ...
Here if u see the rocky terrain ... I am told that during rainy season this whole are gets submerged.
On these rocks you see holes being formed. These holes are formed by strong whirlpools formed when the flow of river is strong...
The flow of the river was quiet gentle and being so close to water i couldnt but help jump in it ;-) (the water wasn't too deep ).as i crashed inot the watr's surface a thought flashed my mind "Damn!! my mobile and pm3 player are still in my pocket ;-) .Too late !!! " I was already submerged in water and my mobile some how(may be due to bouyance of water ) manage to escape form my pocket and land into the wet bottom sand of the river .Luckily as teh water was shallow i picked it up only to see it fully drenched and breathing its last ;-) .... I checked my mp3 player which toomeet with the same fate ;-( .So inspite of saving Rs 100 for the boat ride we had to spend an additional Rs 5000 for a new mobile and mp3 player ... ;-( As THEY say WHEN SOME THING HAS TO GO WRONG IT WILL GO WRONG ;-) ) but anyways this event did make it a memorable trip ...i dont think i'll be able to forget it even if i try ;-)
Overall a gr8 place to spend time in water and for swimming ...it is defiantly a must visit place.
Just be careful with ur electronic gadgets though ;-)
How to reach there
==================
We boarded a TNSTC bus from forum mall to "Dharmapuri"district in Tamil nadu. From there we’ll find buses to "Hogenakal”. There is also a direct bus from hosur to hogenekal but am not sure of its timings.
From Dharmapuri one can find several buses to Bangalore.
One can even go to "Krishnagiri" and then form there to Hogenekal ...but I heard there are not many buses to hogenakal.
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I would like to know what the 'round boat' is called in local dilect !!
ReplyDeleteIn local dialect ehy called it BOAT ... saaar come for BOAT RID SAAAR ;-)
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