Unchalli Falls
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Location | Sirsi, Karnataka, India |
Coordinates | 14°24′34″N 74°44′51″E / 14.40944°N 74.74750°E |
Total height | 116 metres (381 ft) |
Watercourse | Aghanashini |
Unchalli Falls, also known as Lushington Falls, is a waterfall created by a 116-metre (381 ft) drop in the Aghanashini river. The fall is located near Sirsi in Uttara Kannada District of Karnataka, India. The falls are named for J. D. Lushington, a District Collector for the British Government, who discovered the falls in 1845.[1]
Heggarne, a hamlet in Uttara Kannada district, is 33 km from Sirsi. The falls are reached by a 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) trek from Heggarne through thick forest. Here the river makes a cavalcade of water falls and eventually leaps into a steep valley to form a spectacular, picturesque waterfall. The falls are sometimes called Keppa Joga because of the deafening sound they make.
How to Reach ?
Siddapur is approximately 35KM away from the falls.
Heggarne is approximately 5KM away, but you need to trek through a dense forest.[2]
Accommodation Facility
Tourists can accommodate in Homestay facilities - initiatives of Tourism department. Nearby home-stays are Vihar Homestay, Pragati Homestay.
See also
The Lushington the falls are named after is Thomas Davies Lushington, the brother of Edmund Law Lushington who married Cecilia Tennyson.
References
- ^ India, Geological Society of (1963). Memoir. ISBN 978-81-85867-45-8.
- ^ Srinivas, Rao (3 January 2019). "Waterfalls in Karnataka". metrosaga. Retrieved 3 January 2019.
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