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Jog Falls during the monsoon. Jog Falls is situated Near Siddapura And Sagara city. Nearest railway stations (distance to the location): Talaguppa (13 km [8.1 mi]) Sagara (30 km [19 mi]) (68 km [42 mi]) on the Mangalore - Bombay Konkan Railway route; Bhatkal (90 km [56 mi]) also on the Mangalore - Bombay Konkan Railway route; Nearest bus station:
Famous personalities like Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wodeyar, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, Sir M Visvesvaraya, Lal Bahadur Shastri and Morarji Desai used this line to reach Jog Falls. There is a proposal to connect Talaguppa with Honnavara in Uttara Kannada district by a new railway line, which will be a shorter alternate rail route between Mumbai and ...
Jog Falls is in Sagar taluk and is created by the Sharavathi River. It is approximately 30 km by National Highway 69 (NH-206 as per old NH numbering system). Jog falls is located 30 km from Sagara and 100 km from Shivamogga. It is also known as Gerusoppa Falls or Jogada Gundi in Kannada. It is the second-highest plunge waterfall in India. [7]
Mysore State Railway started laying the Shivamogga–Talaguppa 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) line in the year 1930 to provide access to Jog Falls. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Another purpose was to transport wooden logs from the forests of the Malnad region to make wooden sleepers and also to be used as a fuel in the furnaces of the Mysore Iron Works at ...
Shivamogga-Talaguppa, Mysore-Chamarajanagar meter-gauge tracks has been converted to broad-gauge. There is a direct train service from Mysuru to Talaguppa which is very close to the world-famous Jog Falls.An announcement regarding the extension of Bangalore-Shivamogga Express (night train) to Talaguppa has been made in the Railway Budget 2012
The dam and Jog Falls is 5 km away from Kargal. Sight-Seeing in Kargal. Chowdeshwari temple is located in Kargal and Jog Falls is situated on the outskirts. It has a pretty diverse culture and traditions. Many people from different parts of Karnataka visit the temple.
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Unchalli Falls, (also known as Keppa Joga, referring to the other waterfall nearby, Jog falls) is situated about 30 km (19 mi) from Sirsi, and is one of the biggest tourist attractions near Sirsi. [citation needed] The waterfall is a 116-meter drop (381 ft). Yana, known for the unusual rock formation. It is located 40 kilometres (25 mi) from Sirsi.