Agaya Gangai

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name = Agaya Gangai Falls


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Agaya Gangai (Tamil: ஆகாய கங்கை) waterfalls is located in Kolli Hills of the Eastern Ghats. Panchanathi, a jungle stream cascades down over 150 feet deep as the "Agaya Gangai" (En:Ganges of Sky), near the Arapaleeswarar temple atop the Kolli Hills in Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu. [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004080304520300.htm&date=2004/08/03/&prd=th& The Hindu dated 03/08/2004] ]

Agaya Gangai is enchanting 300 feet waterfall of river Aiyaru, located near Arapaleeswarar temple. It is situated in a beautiful valley surrounded by the mountains at all sides. En route, the natural beauty of the valley and the vegetation-covered peaks. The location is ideal for trekking and the breeze is pleasant, the cascade of silvery water touching and brushing the innumerable herbs which are abound in Kollihills keeps everyone spell bound and fresh with its herbal qualities. [http://www.namakkal.tn.nic.in/tou-kollihills.htm Namakkal Dist Adm, Govt of TN] ]

Getting there

Some thousand steps lead down to the falls from the "Arapaleeswarar temple", in the Kolli Hills. Regular buses ply from Namakkal to the Kolli Hills. A drive through ghat road with some 70 hairpins bends from "karavalli" the village on the foothills will take you to Kolli Hills.

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