CHURI PAGAR, Gadiya Mountain

(Kanker Tahsil - IN)
20.250000,81.500000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave, which provided safe refuge to the King, his family and 500 people in case of attack (note 1). IDENTITY: Compare the –>Jogi Cave, Gadiya Mountain, on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently somewhere in the vicinity of the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). An Internet website (note 3) locates Churi Pagar … to the south of the tank which is named Sonai Rupai (note 4) and lies on top of the Gadiya Mountain, a natural form of a fort (drug, durg). In one way or another, the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 5). GEOLOGY: Kanker [and] … Gneiss of a granitoid character is the prevailing rock formation (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 14: 402). CULTURAL HISTORY: Thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain (india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 accessed 2009.01.16).An unspecified cave, which provided safe refuge to the King, his family and 500 people in case of attack (note 1). IDENTITY: Compare the –>Jogi Cave, Gadiya Mountain, on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently somewhere in the vicinity of the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). An Internet website (note 3) locates Churi Pagar … to the south of the tank which is named Sonai Rupai (note 4) and lies on top of the Gadiya Mountain, a natural form of a fort (drug, durg). In one way or another, the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 5). GEOLOGY: Kanker [and] … Gneiss of a granitoid character is the prevailing rock formation (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 14: 402). CULTURAL HISTORY: Thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain (india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 accessed 2009.01.16).

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Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0JOGI CAVE, Gadiya Mountain
43.7DANTESHWARI, Sihawa (Cave of)
51.3DHAMTARI SINKHOLE
95.2SARGI RESURGENCE, Rajim
102.2BHATGAON BLEBBY CAVE
102.2BHATGAON BOREHOLE CAVES
102.4NAWAGAON SINKING, Mangalore River
104.8SIRIKALAN SINKING, Sukha River
110.2KHARUN KARSTIC RESURGENCE