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National park
Hogenakkal Falls Hogenakkal Fallsஒக்கேனக்கல் அருவி
national park
Waterfall in Tamil Nadu , India
Hogenakkal Falls ஒக்கேனக்கல் அருவி
LocationTamil Nadu , India
Longest drop20 m
A section of the waterfall
Kaveri river and the surrounding hills at Hogenakkal
This article is about the waterfall. For the village, see Hogenakkal (village). For other uses, see Hogenakkal.

Hogenakkal Falls or Hogenakal Falls (Template:Lang-ta, Template:Lang-kn) is a waterfall in South India on the Kaveri (or Cauvery) River. It is located in the Dharmapuri district of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, about 180 km from Bangalore and 46 km from Dharmapuri town. It will take around 5 hours from Bangalore if you are coming through Bus. Road till Dharamapuri (NH-7) is good, but after that it is not that good. It is sometimes referred to as the "Niagara of India". With its fame for medicinal baths and hide boat rides, 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. This is also the site of a proposed project to generate drinking water.

Etymology

When the water falls on the rocks it appears as if hoge (smoke in Kannada) is emanating from the top of the kal (rock in Kannada) because of the force of the water, hence Hogenakkal (smoking rocks). It is also called as Marikottayam by the people of Tamil Nadu.

River

Main article: Kaveri river

The Kave

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