Three plumes
White water.
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Athirappilly Falls is a waterfall on the Chalakudy River in Thrissur district, Kerala, southern India, at the entrance to the Sholayar ranges of the Western Ghats, about 51 km northeast of Kochi in a straight line. It is the largest waterfall in Kerala and is nicknamed the Niagara of South India. The 145 km Chalakudy River rises in the Anaimalai hills of the Western Ghats and flows through the Vazhachal forest towards the Arabian Sea. The falls are about 25 metres high. Close by are the Vazhachal Falls, amid dense forest home to rare and endemic plants and animals, including Indian elephants, tigers and lion-tailed macaques. The river runs smoothly, then grows turbulent as it nears the falls, surging around huge boulders and dropping in three white plumes framed by thick green forest. It stays rough for about a kilometre below the falls before calming down. Visitors follow a forest path to a viewpoint above the falls, and another path leads down towards the base, where the spray rises. The falls are strongest after the monsoon. The rocks near the water are slippery, so keep back from the river's edge and follow the forest department's rules.
White water.
Elephants and monkeys.
Close by.
Athirappilly, Chalakudy, Thrissur, Kerala, India
After the monsoon.
No, keep back from the river's edge.