SIDDHA CAVE, Ramdi (Shree)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a kind of temple cave. SETTING: The cave is situated on the border of Palpa District and Syangja District, along the Kali Gandaki River. There is a huge hill forest (Castonopsis indica and Schima wallichi) and small plots of agriculture land near by the caves (ADHIKARI, H 2010: 15). SITUATION: In an unidentified location somewhere in an unspecified Ramdi Area (ADHIKARI, H 2011: 15) and thus probably in a spatial relation to the Ramdi Ghat (note 1) on the Kali Gandaki (Kaligandaki River). POSITION: N 27°54’17.9”, E 083°37’54.2”, elevation 460 m (unidentified geodetic datum, unspecified precision error, ADHIKARI, H 2010: 15). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use. This cave is present inside the temple, and people are only allowed to enter into this cave by permission (ADHIKARI, H 2010: 15). CAVE LIFE - bats (Chiroptera): Hipposideros armige, around 500 in numbers were present inside this cave. Status of bats in this cave is not threatened (ADHIKARI, H 2010: 15)., around 500 in numbers were present inside this cave. Status of bats in this cave is not threatened (ADHIKARI, H 2010: 15).