SANKHU CAVE 1st

Shankharapur (काठमाडौं - NP)
27.726400,85.463900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

The lowest of the so-called caves at –>Sankhu is a man-made monolithic rock-chamber. It had been cut from a solitary boulder which, however, tumbled down in the course of a landslide and nowadays rests upside down to the left-hand side of the flight of steps ascending to Bajrayogini temple at Sankhu. A rock-cut lingam belonging to the cave's equipment is still visisble (1991.11.08).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1991 November 08: H. D. Gebauer, Uwe Scherzer and Werner Busch explore and map. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0SANKHU CAVE 2nd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 3rd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 4th
0.0SANKHU CAVE 5th
0.0SANKHU CAVE 6th
4.6MATRIKAS, Sundarijal (Cave of the)
6.2SUNDARIJAL TUNNEL
6.3GUPTESHWAR CAVE, Gokarna
7.4GANESH GUFA, Gokarneshwar