CHINDANDA CAVE

Pokhara (कास्की - NP)
28.193100,84.006900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Among the unspecified bat caves near Pokhara, which PHUYAL (2007) mentions by name, is one Chindanda Cave. ETYMOLOGY: Chindanda (PHUYAL 2007) translates as -small / little hill- and seems to refer either to the village of Chhinnedanda (note 1) or to the isolated small hill .857 after which the village is called (note 2). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in the vicinity of Pokhara (PHUYAL 2007) and --but this is mere guesswork-- above the orographically left (locally eastern) bank of the Seti River. POSITION: WASTI & ACHARYA (2011: 332 table 1 site no. 5) provide a GPS position which, by mistake, is attributed to the –>Peace Cave near Hemja, Hengja, or Hyangja but actually positions the Chindanda Cave (note 5). CAVE LIFE: According to PHUYAL (2007: 28), Chindanda Cave is an endangered Pteropus roosting site (Chiroptera: Megachiroptera: Pteropus giganteus Desmarest 1820), the Indian flying fox, a fruit bat.Among the unspecified bat caves near Pokhara, which PHUYAL (2007) mentions by name, is one Chindanda Cave. ETYMOLOGY: Chindanda (PHUYAL 2007) translates as -small / little hill- and seems to refer either to the village of Chhinnedanda (note 1) or to the isolated small hill .857 after which the village is called (note 2). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in the vicinity of Pokhara (PHUYAL 2007) and --but this is mere guesswork-- above the orographically left (locally eastern) bank of the Seti River. POSITION: WASTI & ACHARYA (2011: 332 table 1 site no. 5) provide a GPS position which, by mistake, is attributed to the –>Peace Cave near Hemja, Hengja, or Hyangja but actually positions the Chindanda Cave (note 5). CAVE LIFE: According to PHUYAL (2007: 28), Chindanda Cave is an endangered Pteropus roosting site (Chiroptera: Megachiroptera: Pteropus giganteus Desmarest 1820), the Indian flying fox, a fruit bat.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1980.02.20: H. D. Gebauer mapped (survey length: 114.46 m) and explored. 2007: PHUYAL (2007: 28) A bat brochure was published in Nepali language … in collaboration with Self Help Environment Awareness Camp (SHEAC), Pokhara. Brochures were distributed among people around Bat Cave [Chamere Gufa, Battulechaur], Mahendra Cave, Crazy Cave, Birendra Cave, Putli Cave, Sita Cave, Gupteshwor Cave [Gupteshwar Gufa, Chhorepatan] and Peace Cave [also: World Peace Cave]. … Two display boards (4 ft x 3 ft and 3 ft by 2 ft) were installed at Chindanda Pteropus roosting site. … The installment of the board was done in collaboration with Shivashakti Women's Group, Chindanda, and SHEAC [Self Help Environment Awareness], PokharaHerbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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