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Unchalli Falls
Unchalli Falls
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LocationSirsi, Karnataka, India
Coordinates14°24′34″N 74°44′51″E / 14.40944°N 74.74750°E / 14.40944; 74.74750
Total height116 metres (381 ft)
WatercourseAghanashini

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

  1. ^ India, Geological Society of (1963). Memoir. ISBN 978-81-85867-45-8.
  2. ^ Srinivas, Rao (3 January 2019). "Waterfalls in Karnataka". metrosaga. Retrieved 3 January 2019. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)