Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Jog Falls [6] is a waterfall on the Sharavati river located in Sagara taluk of Shivamogga District [7] and its view point in Kargal town of Shimoga district, Karnataka, India. [8] [9] It is the second highest plunge waterfall in India. [10] It is a segmented waterfall which depends on rain and season to become a plunge waterfall.
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 ...
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 ...
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] The drive from Shimoga to Jog falls is scenic and lush with greenery all around, clouds and mist floating among the green hills is a typical sight.
The 16579 / 80 Yesvantpur - Shimoga Town Intercity Express is an Express train belonging to Indian Railways South Western Railway zone that runs between Yesvantpur Junction and Shimoga Town in India. It operates as train number 16579 from Yesvantpur Junction to Shimoga Town and as train number 16580 in the reverse direction serving the states ...
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.
The original can be viewed here: India Karnataka location map.svg: . This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. You are free:
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).