DANISHAWAR CAVE, Erin Valley

Bandipora (Bandipore district - IN)
34.408300,74.766700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

A certain Danishawar Cave, which appears to be a temple cave (note 1), is said to consist of a short cave passage leading to a cave chamber, which, possibly in the worst case, is large enough to hold 77 persons (ANGELETTI RIGON et al. 1987). SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere in one Erin valley (note 2) and at an elevation of about 1'830 m (note 3) or 2'285 m asl (note 4).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

NOTE 1: The cave's name seems to imply a Hindu "ishwari" (Sanskrit: "Lady" / goddess) or "ishwara" ("Lord" / god) who called by the name of (or located at the site of) something along the lines of Dan…, Danga…, Danna…, Dunga…, etc. NOTE 2: Erin stream, mouth near N34°24'30”: E074°46' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003). The village of Erin is shown on AMS sheet NI43-06 Srinagar (U502 series, 1959 edition) about 5 km north-east from the NE-shore of Wular (Woolar) Lake (N34°30': E074°30') and thus at a linear distance of about 36.5 km in a direct line approximately NNW of Srinagar town. Wular Lake itself lies at a linear distance of about 40 km NW of Srinagar city (34°05'N: 74°49'E).NOTE 3: ANGELETTI RIGON et al. (1987) place Danishawar Cave about 250 m above the level (circa 1580 m asl) of Wular Lake. NOTE 4: The mouth of Erin stream is shown on AMS sheet NI43-06 Srinagar (U502 series, 1959 edition) at elevations around 7500 feet = 2285 m asl and thus 700 m above the level of Wular Lake.

Documents

Bibliography 27/03/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
11.2TOOMOO CRATER
11.7SOORAPRA CRATER
11.7WANGAT MINES, Kangan
17.1DUBTA PANI
18.8LASHIMARG SINK
19.7FAKIR'S GARDEN CAVE, Manasbal
19.7MANASBAL (Waltham 1971) (Cave at)
21.0KHIR BHAWANI SPRING
25.8GURAIS (Cave at)