Water curtain
Many strands.
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Abbey Falls is a waterfall in Kodagu, also known as Coorg, in the Western Ghats of Karnataka, southern India, about 8 km from the town of Madikeri and 122 km from Mysore. The falls lie on the early reaches of the Kaveri River, between private coffee plantations full of coffee bushes and spice estates whose trees are wound with pepper vines. They were once called Jessi Falls, when the area was thick jungle; later Neravanda B. Nanaiah bought the land from the government and turned it into a coffee and spice plantation, which still surrounds the falls today. White water pours down a dark, stepped rock face in a wide curtain of many strands into a pool ringed by dense forest. The flow rises sharply in the monsoon, turning loud and powerful, and is gentler and thinner at other times. Visitors walk a sloping path and steps through the coffee estates to the falls, and many stand on the hanging bridge opposite for the view. The rocks near the water are slippery, so stay behind the barriers. The falls combine easily with Madikeri in half a day.
Many strands.
All around.
A facing view.
Near Madikeri, Kodagu, Karnataka, India
In the monsoon.
A short sloping path and steps.