HALESIDDA, Wadehakli (Cave of the)

(Yallapura taluk - IN)
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A wide opening of the mouth area (M.G. Yadava 2002 Mss Thesis: 94), which may be interpreted as a wide open cave entrance to an about 20 feet (6 m) long or wide cave (rock shelter?), is said to contain relatively huge columnar stalactite and stalagmite deposits (stalagnate speleothems) of unspecified size. Compare –>Bavalihakki Cave.SITUATION (Yadava, M G 2002 Mss Thesis: 94): In an unspecified host rock somewhere in the vicinity of a certain Wadehakli village (note 1), which seems to lie (note 2) in the Yellapur (note 3) taluk, Uttar Kannada (note 4). CULTURAL HISTORY: The cave name Halesidda (Siddha of the town) appears to reflect some religious connotation since the Sanskrit noun -siddhi- means supernatural power(s) gained by extreme emancipation and resulting in abilities claimed by saints, sorcerers and wizards, e.g. the abilities to travel swiftly through solid rock, to spent a whole life eating nothing but raw fish guts, or to levitate, etc.A wide opening of the mouth area (M.G. Yadava 2002 Mss Thesis: 94), which may be interpreted as a wide open cave entrance to an about 20 feet (6 m) long or wide cave (rock shelter?), is said to contain relatively huge columnar stalactite and stalagmite deposits (stalagnate speleothems) of unspecified size. Compare –>Bavalihakki Cave.SITUATION (Yadava, M G 2002 Mss Thesis: 94): In an unspecified host rock somewhere in the vicinity of a certain Wadehakli village (note 1), which seems to lie (note 2) in the Yellapur (note 3) taluk, Uttar Kannada (note 4). CULTURAL HISTORY: The cave name Halesidda (Siddha of the town) appears to reflect some religious connotation since the Sanskrit noun -siddhi- means supernatural power(s) gained by extreme emancipation and resulting in abilities claimed by saints, sorcerers and wizards, e.g. the abilities to travel swiftly through solid rock, to spent a whole life eating nothing but raw fish guts, or to levitate, etc.

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1997: Madhusudan G. Yadava (2002 Mss Thesis: 94) visited another cave Halesidda in the Wadehakli village in view of investigating speleothems suiting palaeoclimate studies. Due to the large sized entrance, evaporation of drip water is always expected which might have modified the environmental signals registered by the oxygen isotopes in an unpredictable manner. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0BAVALIHAKKI CAVE
20.1RUDRAKSHI MANTAPA GAVI
20.2VIBHUTI KANAJA
20.3AKKA NAGAMMA GAVI
20.3AKALA GAVI, Ulvi
22.8PANCHALINGESHWARA GAVI
46.8KAVALA n°1 (Cave at)
46.8KAVALA n°2 (Cave at)
102.7BELGAUM ROCK TEMPLE, Buddhist