CHENCHULA GUNDALU POTHOLES

(Allagadda - IN)
15.158300,78.708300
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 25/03/2016

One of the »potholes« (note 1) or whirlpools which »have been created by the youthful streams either below where they fall or where tributary nalas [water courses] join them« (DUTT 1955: 121). ETYMOLOGY: The Telugu "gundalu" is the plural of "gunda" (pool of water) and the Chenchu people is an aboriginal tribe (note 2). SITUATION: »Chenchula Gundalu or Pools of the Chenchu tribe three miles [4.83 km] ESE of Mamidimanu Chelima (15°11': 78°43')« (DUTT, N B S 1955: 121). Since the spring called Mamidimanu Chelima is indicated near (±150 m) N15°11'18”: E078°42'06” (Everest 1830) on the Survey of India sheet 57-i/12 (edition 1981), the polar coordinates 4.83 km east-south-east are probably meant to indicate a spot in the vicinity of N15°09°30”: E078°42'30” (Everest 1830) where the cart track (note 3) crosses the streambed of the Bavanasi River.

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 25/03/2016

NOTE 1: DUTT, N V B S (1955, 1981) mentions »potholes« (whirlpools) called –>Bhirava Gundam, –>Chenchula Gundalu, –>Dhodiyam, –>Kannikala Gundalu, –>Pachagundalu, –>Pedda Ahobilam Potholes, and –>Varaha Gundam. NOTE 2: »Chenchuwar, Chenchuwad or Chenchu.— A forest tribe of the Telugu country of whom a few persons were returned from the Chanda District in 1911. In Madras the tribe is known as Chenchu, and the affix wad or wadu merely signifies person or man [*]« (RUSSEL, R V & HIRA LAL, Rai Bahadur (1916, 1: Glossary). * »Caldwell's Dravidian Grammar, pp. 123 and 134. Captain Glasfurd says: 'The termination "war" is a Telugu affix signifying person or man' (Settlement Report of the Upper Godavari District (1868), p. 26)« (RUSSEL, R V & HIRA LAL, Rai Bahadur 1916, 1 note 434). »The Cad' Eriligaru call themselves Cat' Chensu« (BUCHANAN, F 1807, 1: 164). NOTE 3: Near kilometre 3.7 (N15°07'59”: E078°42'09” Everest 1830) on the road from Chinna Ahobilam (N15°07'51”: E078°40'34” Everest 1830) west to Pedda Ahobilam (N15°07'26”: E078°44'11” Everest 1830), the cart track (in 1981 motorable in dry season) off towards north (left) follows the streambed of the Bavanasi River upstream.

Documents

Bibliography 25/03/2016
  • Dutt, N V B S 1955.

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
4.6BHAIRAVA GUHA, Pedda Ahobilam
4.6CHINNA AHOBILAM
4.7VARAHA GUNDAM POTHOLE
5.0PEDDA AHOBILAM CAVES
6.0BHIRAVA GUNDAM POTHOLE
7.9KANNIKALA GUNDALU POTHOLES
15.8Pachagundalu Potholes
18.2BILLAM GUHA, Angampally
38.3NANDYAL FOREST CAVE