Ganeshwar Bitrag Shikara Gufa
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Description
A fictive (?) cave in a geologically suitable situation is believed to connect the Adinath Shikara (note 1) at Cobhar (Chobhar) village to the –>Chakra Tirtha Gufa in the Cobhar Gorge by a fabulous (?) tunnel. CAVE DESCRIPTION 1976: The »… Shikara shrine [note 2] is built in front of the Adinath temple … is supposed to give access to a cave leading to the Cobhar gorge …« (WIESNER 1976: 226-227). CAVE DESCRIPTION 1981: DOWMAN (1981: 270-271) repeats WIESNER 1976: 226-227). without acknowledgement. CAVE DESCRIPTION 3: »… facing the temple [of Adinath] is a stone shikara of Ganeshwar Bitrag which, people say, hides an entrance to a passage which leads to the Cobhar cave below« (SANDAY 1989).
NOTE 1: Adinath (Adnath) was the father of Matsyendranath and grandfather of Gorakhnath, the first great Jogi (RUSSEL 1916, vol. 1: glossary). NOTE 2: Shikara / sikhara is the Hindi name for the temple spire of a Hindu shrine in North India: »Above the shrine rises a superstructure known as vimana in South India, and a sikara in North India. The sikara is curvilinear and topped with a groved disk, on which sits a pot-shaped finial, while the vimana is stepped, with the grooved disk replaced with a solid dome. Some temples have a mandapa (temple forechamber) connected to the sanctum by vestibules. These mandapas may also contain vimanas or sikaras« (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 71).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | BAGH CAVE | ||
| 0.6 | MANJUSRI CAVE | ||
| 0.6 | BARAHI CAVE | ||
| 0.6 | NAYA CAVE | ||
| 0.6 | CHAKHU BHAKHU PWA | ||
| 0.6 | CAVE UNDER CRASHER (aa -) | ||
| 0.7 | CHAKRATIRTHA - PARAHAMSA GUFA | ||
| 4.4 | BASBARI | ||
| 4.4 | BASBARI 2 |