Shivanasamudram

State : Karnataka
Distance : 109 km of Bangalore. Journey time by road 2 1/2 hrs.
Location : Shivanasamudram in easern Mandya skirts the cauvery wildlife sanctuary.
Route : NH 209 to Shivanasamudram via kanakapura. Malavalli and Panditahalli

Rolling foothills and green expanses, sudden bursts of flaming red amidst green and winding picturesque roads. This is as close to bliss in the countryside as you can get. Down the twisting district road from Malavalli. You suddenly come upon the slightly askew signpost that road Georgia Sunshine Village the turn off is basically a dirt track seeming to meander into pure jungle. Well shift in to first gear. Adjust your seat and go for it winding curving bumpy and all but non – existent the track continues through the jungle till you’re sure you’re lost. Then quaint red tilled rooftops peep through the foliage welcome, the forest seems to murmur.

Shivanasamudram is the domain of mother nature. Gentle rolling foothills seduce with their pristine freshness, the woods are virgin and the experience is sublime. These hills are home to wild boar. Peacocks. Partridge. Elephants and even the occasional marauding panther. Bands of elephants have been known to venture as near as the village outskirts in these regions. How much more forest can the rearing falls of Shivanasamudram.

Things To See And Do

From the panditahalli turn off you get to Hebbani Village drive 5 minutes down a twisting district road and all of a sudden, the signpost saying Georgia Sunshine Village jumps out of the greenery. Turn off onto a dirt track that winds through the jungle. Look out for the signpost announcing a left turn onto a small path. Look carefully because the signpost is 20 ft above the eye – line. A couple of more turns from here and you hit Georgia Sunshine Village.

Shivanasamudram for long a day – trip from Bangalore because of the lack of stay options is now an ideal weekend break thanks to the country home of the Hatherell family. Georgia Sunshine Village named for your Georgia Hatherell. Anyone who is looking for nothing more than nature at its untouched best is welcome here. The place is the experience and the keywords is chill.

Gaganachukki And Barachukki Falls.

The cauvery the life – line of Karnataka splits into two streams here – Barachukki and Gaganachukki. About 9 km by road from Georgia turn left at Panditahalli and drive to shri Vishveshwaraya Hydroelectric Plant, labelled as the bluff from bluff it is a short 5 minute drive to the falls.
Beautiful cascades of water spread out over two vast hillsides will greet you. The water is being diverted to feed what was the first Hydroelectric Plant in Asia ( built in 1902 by the maharaja of the erstwhile mysore state )