CHURI PAGAR, Gadiya Mountain

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).