RAHAM SHELTER

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A painted cave (IMAM 2001) or rock shelter which IMAM (2001) counts among the Sat-Pahar rock art sites (note 1). SITUATION 1: Raham Cave lies about 6 km in an unspecified way approximately east of Sidpa rock shelter and on the opposite side [across the shelters of –>Sariya, –>Thethangi and –>Khandar] of the Satpahar Range, on its north facing side where the rock art of Raham is on a high perpendicular / vertical rectangular wall of sandstone (IMAM 2001). SITUATION 2: Raham cave is in Chatra District and on the north of Satpahar (coilnet.bitmesra.net/JharkhandTourism/Districts/Ch… accessed 2007.11.24). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: Wonderful boxed mandalas painted in red haematite and points out that Raham Cave is believed to have been a refuge for the Tana Bhagats [note 2] during the end of the 19th century, from which period some graffiti remains on the lower edges (IMAM (2001). coilnet.bitmesra.net (accessed 2007.11.24) confirms that Raham cave … on the north of satpahar [sic], is supposed to be a refuge for the Tina Bhagats around the end of the 19th centuary [sic!]. The cave has graffiti-type mandalas painted in red haematite.A painted cave (IMAM 2001) or rock shelter which IMAM (2001) counts among the Sat-Pahar rock art sites (note 1). SITUATION 1: Raham Cave lies about 6 km in an unspecified way approximately east of Sidpa rock shelter and on the opposite side [across the shelters of –>Sariya, –>Thethangi and –>Khandar] of the Satpahar Range, on its north facing side where the rock art of Raham is on a high perpendicular / vertical rectangular wall of sandstone (IMAM 2001). SITUATION 2: Raham cave is in Chatra District and on the north of Satpahar (coilnet.bitmesra.net/JharkhandTourism/Districts/Ch… accessed 2007.11.24). CULTURAL HISTORY - rock art: Wonderful boxed mandalas painted in red haematite and points out that Raham Cave is believed to have been a refuge for the Tana Bhagats [note 2] during the end of the 19th century, from which period some graffiti remains on the lower edges (IMAM (2001). coilnet.bitmesra.net (accessed 2007.11.24) confirms that Raham cave … on the north of satpahar [sic], is supposed to be a refuge for the Tina Bhagats around the end of the 19th centuary [sic!]. The cave has graffiti-type mandalas painted in red haematite.