Hogenakkal Falls
The Kaveri dropping through a carbonatite gorge, crossed in round coracles that have not changed design in centuries.
- Where
- Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 12.1192, 77.7740
Get the Hogenakkal Falls stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Hogenakkal Falls. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Tamil Nadu volume with your photos and a note.
Near Hogenakkal Falls
Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary 26 km
Dry forest along the Kaveri gorge, with mahseer in the river and the memory of Veerappan.
Mettur Dam 36 km
A dam across the Kaveri where the river comes down into the plains, nine years in the building and finished in 1934.
Mekedatu 39 km
A gorge where the Kaveri narrows enough that a goat is said to have jumped it.
Krishnagiri Dam 60 km
A dam across the Thenpennai in Krishnagiri district, known to everyone as the KRP.
Yercaud 60 km
The poor man's Ooty, and the coffee under the shola.
Sankagiri Fort 61 km
A hill fort between Erode and Salem, kept by the Archaeological Survey.
Kiliyur Falls 64 km
A fall below Yercaud on the Shevaroy hills, a hundred metres down, best after rain.
Shivanasamudra Falls 69 km
The Kaveri splitting round an island into two falls, and the site of the first hydroelectric station in Asia, from 1902.
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Questions
Where is Hogenakkal Falls?
Hogenakkal Falls is in Dharmapuri, Tamil Nadu. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary (26 km), Mettur Dam (36 km), Mekedatu (39 km).
How do I get the Hogenakkal Falls stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Hogenakkal Falls and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Tamil Nadu volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Hogenakkal Falls before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Tamil Nadu volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
Collect your first stamp.
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