Airawat Mahagufa
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Description
A modified natural troglodyte rock shelter (temple cave) associated with Airawat (note 1) is clickable on the Internet photo gallery -Himalayan Caves- uploaded by Ranjiv Butalia in indiatravelogue.com/phot/caves.html (accessed 2005.10.10): -04.jpg Irawat Gufa- shows a man-made wall (rocks & mortar) of a troglodyte hermitage tucked beneath a large protruding slab of rock, probably gravitationally dislocated. -05.jpg Airawat Bhairav Worship- shows two well rounded, venerable rocks with scratch marks reminiscent of a :) smiley. -06.jpg Airawat looking out- show the view looking out of a rectangular door or window onto pine forested ridges in front of the troglodyte dwelling. Possibly but far from necessarily identical with the caves near –>Anusaya Devi Mandir (in a certain -Anirat Nadi- or so) in the vicinity of Rudranath, Tungnath and Koteshwar, north of Chamoli and Gopeshwar.A modified natural troglodyte rock shelter (temple cave) associated with Airawat (note 1) is clickable on the Internet photo gallery -Himalayan Caves- uploaded by Ranjiv Butalia in indiatravelogue.com/phot/caves.html (accessed 2005.10.10): -04.jpg Irawat Gufa- shows a man-made wall (rocks & mortar) of a troglodyte hermitage tucked beneath a large protruding slab of rock, probably gravitationally dislocated. -05.jpg Airawat Bhairav Worship- shows two well rounded, venerable rocks with scratch marks reminiscent of a :) smiley. -06.jpg Airawat looking out- show the view looking out of a rectangular door or window onto pine forested ridges in front of the troglodyte dwelling. Possibly but far from necessarily identical with the caves near –>Anusaya Devi Mandir (in a certain -Anirat Nadi- or so) in the vicinity of Rudranath, Tungnath and Koteshwar, north of Chamoli and Gopeshwar.
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Caves nearby
Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
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0.8 | BHIMKUND, Badrinath | ||
1.9 | GARUR GUFA | ||
2.0 | BHIMPUL, Mana | ||
2.6 | VASU DHARA (Cave at the) | ||
2.9 | VYASA GUFA, Mana | ||
2.9 | GANESH GUFA, Mana | ||
3.0 | MUCHUKUND GUFA, Mana | ||
7.5 | SHAKPADUNGA (Caves at) | ||
11.8 | BHAMANI DHAUR |