LOHAGHAT CAVE

(Lohaghat - IN)
29.416700,80.100000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A Devi Temple inside a cave of dubious nature (apparently used as a temple cave sacred to the goddess) in unspecified rock (note 1) is listed on the governmental Internet website of the Kumaon Mandal Nivas Ltd. among the officially recognised tourist places in Kumaon. SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of Lohaghat (note 2), a village 5 miles (8 km) along the road north of Champawat (N29°20': E080°06': 1615 m asl) and 66 km in a direct line east of Nainital (N29°23': E079°27': 1940 m asl), about 62 km along the road from Pithoragarh (N29°35': E080°13': 1815 m), 50 km in a direct line ESE of Almora (N29°37': E079°40': 1650 m asl), and 2.5 km SW of Abbott Mount (N29°26': E080°05').A Devi Temple inside a cave of dubious nature (apparently used as a temple cave sacred to the goddess) in unspecified rock (note 1) is listed on the governmental Internet website of the Kumaon Mandal Nivas Ltd. among the officially recognised tourist places in Kumaon. SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of Lohaghat (note 2), a village 5 miles (8 km) along the road north of Champawat (N29°20': E080°06': 1615 m asl) and 66 km in a direct line east of Nainital (N29°23': E079°27': 1940 m asl), about 62 km along the road from Pithoragarh (N29°35': E080°13': 1815 m), 50 km in a direct line ESE of Almora (N29°37': E079°40': 1650 m asl), and 2.5 km SW of Abbott Mount (N29°26': E080°05').

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History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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