Five Falls As for the Five Falls itself, it's true to its name in that there really are five strands of segmented waterfalls coming down roughly in parallel. We noticed there was some infrastructure built around the base of the short waterfalls to support a public bathing environment with a railing segregating the gender types (i.e. there's a ladies only area to the left of the railing and a gentlemen only area to the right). Thus, the ladies got the two thinner waterfalls to the waterfall's left side while the males got the three thicker waterfalls on the right.
Around the falls, we noticed that there was a tiny Hindu shrine near the changing area as well as plenty of food and souvenir stands to try to capitalize on the high amount of human traffic (mostly local Indians) to this area. We were told by our Keralan driver that we happened to be here when devout Hindu males have just begun fasting and abstaining for 40 days. In effort to become worthy, we were told they tend to bathe in these waterfalls to cleanse themselves of impurities. When they're worthy, I recalled we were told that they can then make a pilgrimage into some hills (I believe somewhere either in the Indian Himalayas or in Nepal) where there's a sacred temple that they can go and pray. There were easily thousands of people in the general area and hundreds at the waterfall bathing area, and since Julie and I were racially different from everyone, it did feel strange to be stared at by almost everyone there. [Back to top]  The mens only side The ladies only side Contextual view of both sides of the bathing area The stands at the car park A little Hindu shrine Trying to get the benefits of the Ayurvedic shower[Back to top] Left to right sweep of the Five Falls and the plethora of locals bathing in its waters TRIP REPORTSFor more information about our experiences with this waterfall, check out the following travel stories.GUIDEBOOKS / OTHER RESOURCESNEARBY WATERFALLSHave You Been To This Waterfall?
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There was a changing room for both sexes (with separate entrances for the different sexes of course) in a building opposite the face of the waterfalls. 
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