Mallalli Falls

50 kilometres off Kushalnagar, in Coorg, in a village called Kumaralli is this majestic waterfall - The Mallalli Falls. On the course of the same river, The Kumaradhara River, where we take a holy dip before entering the Kukke Subrahmanya Temple, is this waterfall that later merges with the Netravati River before it flows into the Arabian Sea.

Visiting the falls is a trek. There are steep paths to cross, some cemented some not. So it would be advisable not to take kids or the elderly.

We took our car as long as the road led us and then parked it at a high from where we did not want to take a chance driving down. It was about 2 kilometres from the falls. Only the MM540s could carry you on that country, or 'kutcha', road.  But they were expensive! With the number of tourists that day and the limited number of those vehicles, we did not have the privilege to bargain.

We anyway decided to walk.

The path has some breathtaking greenery! we could manage to click only a few pictures as it was drizzling, and trust me that was the best part of the view to see the greenery through the drizzle.

The landscape mesmerises you right from the time you cross the town limits of Kushalnagar. It dragged us down from our vehicle so that we would admire it.

Yes, you're right, some of these were our DPs / Profile Pictures for quite some time. But the best ones are yet to come.

After descending the steps, which felt like I had descended the stairs of the Jade Palace like Po from Kung Fu Panda, we reach his majesty's abode! Took a minute just to stand and admire it!

The locals there take turns as guards. They help you get into the water, get on the rocks, get off them and even help you click pictures.
Here are some of them:

The beginning of the stairs to reach the falls

As it was getting dark we had to leave.

But I didn't want to! Not only because it was a paradise and I felt like building a shack and live right there, but also 'cos I had to climb the goddamn stairs again!