This is a 70 feet waterfall located at Arvalem, about 2 km
from Sanquelim and 8 km from Bicholim, in Valpoi taluka, North Goa. It becomes a thunderous falls just after the monsoon and its colour changes
to a muddy brown colour. It has the Shree
Rudreshwar Temple Temple alongside it and is a
site of an annual Shivratri Zatra. It has open cast iron ore mines all around it
and until recently most of the mines were active. Another interesting site in
the area is the "Aravalem Caves" also known as the Pandava caves, named
after the 5 Pandava brothers of the epic "Mahabharata". There is a
"Shivlinga" in each
cave .
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Approach
There are a number of buses that run from Mapusa and
Panaji to Aravalem. The
nearest interstate bus station is at Mapusa, the KTC bus station.
Accommodations
There are a number of nearby accommodations, none however located at Arvalem itself.
Local Infrastructure
