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India's Greatest Waterfalls.

From India's Niagara to the world's tallest plunge — waterfalls that justify the drive, the trek, or the boat ride to reach them.

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11 destinations in this collection
Why this collection exists

From India's widest (Chitrakote) to the world's tallest plunge (Nohkalikai). Each falls comes with a peak-flow window — most run heaviest June-September; the Western Ghats coast and Meghalaya hold their flow longest.

How the stops connect

Cluster by region — Western Ghats falls connect along NH 66 between Goa and Mangalore; Meghalaya falls cluster in Cherrapunji-Mawsynram; central-Indian falls (Chitrakote, Tirathgarh, Pachmarhi) run their own circuit. Don't national-tour them.

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