Shivanasamudra – Twin Water Falls

Shivanasamudra is a small town in the Mandya District of the state of Karnataka, India. It is situated on the banks of the river Kaveri, which forms the boundary to the Chamarajanagar and Mysore Districts. It is the location of one of the first Hydro-electric Power stations in Asia, which was set up in the year 1902.

The Shivanasamudra Falls is on the Kaveri River. After the river has wound its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau, it drops off to form waterfalls. This is a segmented waterfall. There are two falls – Gaganachukki falls and Bharachukki falls which is few miles away. The falls have an average width of 305 meters, a height of 98 m.

The World Waterfall Database ranked Shivanasamudra falls as world’s top 45 waterfalls among the world’s 100 waterfalls.