Hogenakkal Waterfalls

Hogenakkal Waterfalls is located in Dharmapuri District and 180 km south-west of Bangalore. It lies on the Karnataka-Tamil Nadu border, India. 
about 46 kms from Dharmapuri, the headquarters of the district of the same name. The river Kaveri which enters in Tamil Nadu as a big river flows here as natural falls. Dharmapuri is a district of the state of Tamil Nadu.It is sometimes referred to as the "Niagara of India". It is a major site of tourist attraction. Carbonatite rocks in this site are considered to be the oldest of its kind in South Asia and one of the oldest in the world.  The River Kaveri is considered to form at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills in Kodagu district in Karnataka and gathers momentum as the land drops in elevation. It becomes larger as various tributaries feed into it on the way down. At Hogenakkal, the Kaveri, now a large river, drops and creates numerous waterfalls as the water cuts through the rocky terrain. In places the water falls as much as 20 m and Soon after the falls the river takes a southerly course and enters the Mettur Reservoir. Hogenakkal Falls is a quiet and beautiful waterfall and is a good picnic spot.  Hogenakkal is located about 750 feet above sea level amidst the Melagiri Hills. Tourists can take a coracle trip from one corner of the river to the other .The Cauvery River gets forked at Hogenakkal, forming an island and then it plunges into a deep chasm.

Tourist Places around Hogenakkal is,
*Yercaud
*Shivanasamudram
*Bangalore
*Ooty
*Palanihills