
Maun Mela fishing festival and traffic near twin bridges in Uttarakhand
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Maun Mela, a traditional community fishing festival held along the Aglar River in the Tehri Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, India.
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Visitors have a live waterfall bath at the Thiruparappu waterfalls in South India. This man seems to be having a good time, too, in the cold water of the falls... He stands there, all hunched up and looking down so water doesn't get into his mouth and eyes. Thiruparappu Waterfalls is an excellent tourist spot in Kanyakumari district situated in Nagercoil to Trivandram highway. Thiruparappu falls is situated 35 KMs from Nagercoil and about 15 KMs from Pechiparai Dam. Thiruparappu water falls is also called as "Kumari Kuttalam". Thirparappu Waterfalls lies close to the village Kulasekaram which was ruled by kings. Thirparappu waterfall starts from the "Kodayar River" and this riverbed is about 300 meters length. The water pours down from the height of nearly 50 feet and water flows this fall
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