muMgaru maLeye yEnu ninna hanigaLa leele!!

Some one has written the following song. This is hilarious, at the same time soooo apt to Indian cities. Just read and enjoy!

No credits since I dont know the author or owner of this poem.

Remembering Vijay Divas

Remembering Kargil Vijay Divas

Read from the previous year : My Tribute to the martyrs

Mallalli Abby - Mallalli falls

Nature keeps us occupied always. We are as small as we can count on, in front of the mighty nature. An unheard off corner in the world throws you out of gear, when you are in there.

Would you think of a visit to some waterfall after a day’s hard trek amidst rains and leeches, not possible or tiresome??

Just rethink.

Well.. now see the video….

Mallalli Abby.

That’s why I say, a visit to a water fall freshens you, makes you forget all the past, and fragrances you with a freshness that will last for ages.

I LOVE WATERFALLs…!!
We all came out fresh and energetic, from here.

Now see this video to learn more about the falls……. A local man explains the fall’s stories…..

Mallalli Abby.

If you can not understand Kannada, here is what he says :
Kumaradhara river rushes down from a 175ft boulder forming this wonderful waterfall. Monsoon is the best time to savour its might. River flows down to Mangalore from here, thru Subrahmanya Kukke.

He adds, visitors are not provided with any facilities here, and the authorities must work in this direction.

How to reach there.

There are two buses to this falls from Somavarapet. First bus leaves Somavarapet at 7.20AM and reaches here at about 8:30AM. The second bus starts from Somavarapet at 2PM and reaches here at 3:30PM. There is no other transport facility. You can try with some local jeep fellows. Friendly them, will offer you a drop, by taking a handsome amount of cash.

Direct bus from Bangalore to Somavarapet that runs every night is the means to reach there without having to undergo any hardship.

After you get down from the bus at Hanchinalli, it takes a walk of around 2.5Kms to reach the falls. This it to reach the view point. If you want to venture to the river, it is again an hour and a half’s trek down the valley. It is highly adviced not to trek during the raining season, for the road is slippery and leeches….My God!!

You can come back to Hanchinalli, to catch the 4 o’ clock bus to Somavarapet. Have some food again and take the night service bus to Bengalooru.

If you are traveling by a private vehicle, then here is the route map.

Bangalore -> Nelamangala -> Kunigal ->Chennarayapattana -> Holenarasipura -> Arakalagud -> Krishnapura -> Shanivarasanthe -> Somavarapete. (240KMs)

Somavarapete -> Shanthalli -> Kannakatte -> Hanchinalli -> Mallalli(22KMs)

Other famous places in the vicinity : Kukke Subrahmanya(50KMs), Dharmasthala(further from Kukke), Pushpagiri(More popularly Kumara Parvatha- 7KMs trek only), Madikeri(60Kms) and Kushalanagara(50KMs).

To end with, here is a snap shot of this stunning waterfall :

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Madikeri diary

Jinx could not be undone!

Yes, I was unable to bring to you any new write-ups, be it “The English Teacher” or any other story. It has been quiet long since I could manage to pen down some thoughts. But this idea stuck me when I went thru an old diary that I wrote long back, in 2001, when I was a student.

The diary made me go back to a distinct land of Kodavas, colourful crescent of the oranges, the homeland of Kaveri. Madikeri is a pleasant place that relishes one with its soft bizarre memorabilia. I present you back the diary content as it is. Jinx is still undone, and I could only manage to type in what I had penned on that far back in time.

Here goes it, the story. Read and enzzzzzzoy.

Also, Pictures posted here are from the recent trips to the same place, doesn’t much tell you the original story. Please adjust madkoLi.

Oct 8 2001

11:30 PM
Talakaveri is a sacred place, a place worth of its name. No wonder it is here that female is born, who gives life to crores of people all over the south further. My respects towards her grew two folds as I felt the sacredness at her birth and birth place.

We trekked Brahmabetta, a sacred hill where, it is said that here Saptharishis had performed meditation. This is standing amidst the lush green hills and wonderfully mangled mountains. As I enjoyed the cool breeze on top of this hill, a feeling of “Gods must be roaming here” erupted in me. I was touched by the calmness of the place.

Kaveri is a special daughter of Karnataka of whom the whole state is proud of, and this place tells you why she’s so precious!!

Atop the hill, which is around 6500ft above the ground level, we were having the time of our lives. We were being kissed by the clouds then. Few cows were also there, mazing, making the place look more sacred. I saw them as Dev-dooths(Prophets) at that moment.

I ascended an antenna which was standing alone atop the hills.

Then suddenly started, the downpour. We were there, only two, on top the hills, clouds covered the whole place. It was soon getting to be dark. We could not see any thing, There was no shelter also. We started walking downwards. It was difficult for me to see the way, ‘coz clouds were there everywhere. We couldn’t distinguish the cliff, the mountain, the valley, the path. Somehow we managed to reach the steps from where we could take a guess on the next one to descend the mountain. Came down, had darshan of Mother Kaveri yet again and came out.

Hats off to you Talakaveri. Your holiness is untouched. God must be so intelligent to have kept you there, in the midst of worldly beauty and above that, putting on your head, the crown of un-worldly holiness.

1:30 PM
And we waited for bus in the rains.

4:15 PM
We reached Madikeri and instantly decided to trek to Abby falls down the road. It was a wonderful decision, according to us, but the people there thought us to be fools. We damned them and left for a wild experience of our lives.

We were un-aware of the route to be taken to reach the falls. And started walking towards Kushalanagar, where, after a few kilo meters, we remembered seeing a board directing towards Abby falls. This would be around 12 KMs to Abby, where Kaveri runs amock in search of the sea. Ask whoever, he said, “Are you mad to be walking till Abby?” “Why are you going to Abby now?”…..

One uncle dropped us till some point by his jeep, making short our journey by 2Kms, I suppose. He too asked us not to take risk at that time, “OK”, we told him. But since we had already made our minds to venture further, we went onn.

On both the sides of our walk, we were amazed to see varieties of trees, ever green forest, heard deadly voices from within…and there was coffee estate all over.

At one point of time, from an estate, there came out a gang of dogs barking on us. I couldn’t count how many were there, there must be at least six of them. We some how managed to escape from them, with the help of a stick from forest I was holding in my hands. This is just an example of the frightful atmosphere we were exposed to that evening. There might be snakes and other deadly insects, we found none, fortunately.

Then suddenly there came the dead end of the road, where many vehicles were standing. It was dusk already. Checked the signs over there, and found that it was the place that we were searching all along. We felt sad for having made it at a time when one was supposed to get out of. For having made it till there, and going back to Madikeri without witnessing it would be disappointing, we felt and rushed down towards the water fall. Every one, waling up, asked us whether we were searching for some one. We replied that we were there to see and enjoy the place. Waited for no response from them and madly rushed towards the fall.

We were amazed at the beauty of it. It was 6:30, my watch showed me. I was hysteric at the site of this nature’s beauty spot. Water was flowing, rather, rushing down like a mad drunkard, in no particular direction. A green pitch was standing there on the rock, segregating the flow into two parts, left one wider than the right portion.

We played in the water for about 20-25 mins, I was saddened by the fact that I was unable to bathe in the flowing river water, for it was already dark and it would be risky to stay and play in water at that hour of the day. But the joy of trekking all the way, for such a long distance, in the twilight, made for it. Sadly, the snaps taken here couldn’t come neat as it was as dark as it could be. We walked back to Madikeri, taking the smallest route of over 5Kms this time. Both of us were tired with our 15 KMs trek in this Kodava land.

Thus ended one memorable day.

P.S. Here, We = me + my friend Bapi. Only two of us!!

Sharavathi......and mother of all waterfalls in India!!

Clipped from Mungaru maLe?? Noooooooooooo. I went there to capture it live, Jog falls, last summer.

Now since it is raining, I think Jog is back to its majestic normal. Wish I go there to witness it in monsoooooooooooooooon!!

Update : Some videos of the same are uploaded in youtube. You can view them @

1. A magnifico called Raja at Jog

2. Jog falls the valley

3. Jog falls inspiring awe, Rani in picture :

4. Jog falls from the top, disturbance when a stone is thrown from the top.