Hogenakkal Falls is a waterfall in on the Kaveri (or Cauvery) River located in Dharmapuri district of Tamilnadu. It is a major waterfalls near Bangalore and also one of the best waterfalls in India, sometimes referred to as the 'Niagara of India'.
Hogenakkal is also one of the best waterfalls and one of the wonderful tourist places to visit near Bangalore & Chennai. When the River Kaveri enters the Tamilnadu border after winding its way through the state of Karnataka, it descends down the lofty landscape forming the Hogenakkal Waterfalls.
Moreover the Carbonatite rocks found near the
waterfall are one of the oldest in the world. The two Kannada words 'Hoge'
means 'Smoke' and 'Kal' means 'Rocks' give meaning to the word Hogenakkal as
Smoky Rocks. It is also called as Marikottayam by the people of Tamilnadu.
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