Shanta Gokhale describes Jog Falls:
What gave us goose flesh and continued to thrill us as a memory for years afterwards, were the Girsappa Falls, also known as Jog Falls. There were four distinct waterfalls that came crashing down side-by-side over a cliff that interrupted the flow of the Sharavathi river, and dropped into a chasm 960 ft deep. After this leap, the Sharavathi rushed off to meet the sea at Honnaver. What thrilled us most were the names given to the falls. There was Raja, the mightiest of them, that fell in a single broad cascade into the chasm. Raja's neighbour, Roarer leaped into a hollow ledge, got deflected to the right and joined Raja. Next to Roarer was Rocket which shot down in a series of powerful jets. And finally, at the other end was Rani a quiet stream of gushing foam.