Shiva (Chounri)

Chaunri Deurali (काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक - NP)
27.598600,85.805600
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A communicating pair of cave entrances is said to give access to a true tunnel cave, which is an estimated 8 m long, sacred (temple cave), and contains secondary calcite formations interpreted as sculptures representating the Hindu gods Shiva, Ganesh and Saraswati (Sarasvati). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere in about 2.5 km north of Phunri (55 km east of Kathmandu) and at a walking distance of 2.5 hours in an unidentified direction above a certain Chaunri Khola (note 1) (KNAB 1990: 8, no. -N12 Shailung Gupha- after a an unidentified trekking manager in Kathmandu).A communicating pair of cave entrances is said to give access to a true tunnel cave, which is an estimated 8 m long, sacred (temple cave), and contains secondary calcite formations interpreted as sculptures representating the Hindu gods Shiva, Ganesh and Saraswati (Sarasvati). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere in about 2.5 km north of Phunri (55 km east of Kathmandu) and at a walking distance of 2.5 hours in an unidentified direction above a certain Chaunri Khola (note 1) (KNAB 1990: 8, no. -N12 Shailung Gupha- after a an unidentified trekking manager in Kathmandu).

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0SHIVA, Sailung (Cave of)
25.9GAURIMUNDI (Cave at)
32.1GUPHA (aa -)
43.2Sarmathang (Cave near)
44.7BALYUL SER PHUG
49.8NEA PEMA SALA CAVE, Panch Pokhari
50.0PANCH POKHARI CAVE 2
50.0sTAG PHUG SENG GE rDZONG
50.7PADMASAMBHAVA PHUG, Tharkeghyang