Lodh Falls

Lodh Falls

Lodh Falls (also know as Buddha Ghagh Falls) is located on the Budha River, 40 km from Ranchi (called the city of waterfalls) and 60 km from Netarhat, deep in the forest of the Chota Nagpur Plateau in Jharkhand, a state in east India. The falls, named after Gautam Buddha, also has a Buddha temple nearby. [cite web
url=http://www.scstsenvis.nic.in/envis/new_page_44.htm
title=Jharkhand
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accessdate=2006-11-13 ]

Waterfall

Lodh Falls, accessible by a rough road from Ranchi, is a tiered waterfall with multiple distinct drops in relatively close succession.

It is 143 m high (468 feet). [cite web
url=http://www.world-waterfalls.com/waterfall.php?num=962
title=Lodh Falls
publisher=World Waterfall Database
accessdate=2006-11-12 ]

ee also

*List of waterfalls in India
*Netarhat
*Sadni Falls
*Hirni Falls
*Sita & Dassam Fall
*Jonha Falls
*Hundru Falls
*Kanke Dam

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ranchiexpress.com/phgallery/waterfalls.htm Photos - Lodh Falls is the second waterfall down in the right column - click on photo to enlarge]
* [http://jharkhand.gov.in/waterfall.asp Government of Jharkhand - Waterfalls]


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