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Country
  
India

District
  
Chamarajanagar

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

State
  
Karnataka

Talukas
  
Kollegal

Population
  
12,503 (2001)

Sathyagala

Weather
  
27°C, Wind E at 6 km/h, 62% Humidity

Sathegala is a village in the southern state of Karnataka, India. It is located in the Kollegal taluk of Chamarajanagar district.

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Demographics

As of 2001 India census, Sathegala had a population of 12503, with 6518 males and 5985 females.

Tourist attractions

  • Within one furlong of the handpost junction, there are two dargah on the road to Shivanasamudram waterfalls. The first one has a decorated in the open courtyard with three surrounding building and space for devotees to take rest and have food. The second Dargah is set in a sylvan surroundings some two furlongs from the junction on the opposite side of the street. On the right hand side of the village school, there is a tree worship temple with a big and ancient tree besides it.
  • The Sivanasamudram Falls is on the Kaveri River after the river has wound its way through the rocks and ravines of the Deccan Plateau and drops off to form waterfalls. The island town of Shivanasamudra divides the river into twin waterfalls. This creates the fourth largest island in the rivers course. A group of ancient temples are located here and there likely was a village.

    • This is a segmented waterfall. Segmented waterfalls occur where the water flow is broken into two or more channels before dropping over a cliff, resulting in multiple side by side waterfalls. It has an average width of 305 meters, a height of 98 m, and an average volume of 934 cubic meters / sec. The maximum recorded volume is 18,887 cubic meters / sec. It is a perennial waterfall. The time of best flow are the monsoon season of July to October.

    A common misconception about these waterfalls are that the left segment is called Gaganachukki and the right segment is called Bharachukki. In reality the Bharachukki falls [1] are a few kilometers to the south-west of the Gaganachukki falls [2]. This is due to the Kaveri river itself splitting a few kilometers to the south into western and eastern branches [3]. The western branch results in the twin waterfalls of Gaganachukki, whereas the eastern branch results in the Bharachukki falls. The Gaganachukki waterfalls are best viewed from the Shivanasamudra watch tower [4]. Most of the pictures showing the twin waterfalls are taken from that location. There is another approach to the Gaganachukki falls from the Darga Hazrath Mardane Gaib (Imam Ali) [5]. Despite warnings being posted, people climb down the rocks and attempt to view the waterfalls from behind/top, resulting in many fatal accidents. It is 139 km from the city of Bangalore.

    Yadakurya is a island surround by kaveri river, two and half kilometers from sathyagala bus stand connected through Agrahara.

    Schools

  • Sathyagala School, Handpost junction.
  • Government primary school, Agrahara(c.m.samudra)

    • sathegala bus stop

    References

    Sathyagala Wikipedia
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