LUBON - LUM BNAI (Krem)

(Pynursla - IN)
25.180600,91.806900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/04/2016

A south-west facing cave entrance (7 m wide, 6 m high) gives access to a spacious cave passage along a NW-SE trending fault (photograph in ARBENZ & WEIDMANN 2003: 13) that takes water down a sandy passage to a final collapse chamber. Krem –>Lum Bnai is an other entrance. ETYMOLOGY: The War (Khasi) morphem "lubon" is not identified unless it corresponds to the standard Khasi a) ”lymbung” (adjective) = »in a heap or group« (SINGH, N 1906: 124) b) ”ka lbong” (noun) = »the thigh« (SINGH, N 1906: 112) c) ”lbang” (adjective) = »with the dhoti rolled up« (SINGH, N 1906: 112).SITUATION (Attention: Estimated coordinates only): Below the road descending from the village of Nongjri (WGS84 N25°11'28”: E091°47'38”: circa 300 m asl) down to Nongjri Bazar (WGS84 N25°10'45”: E091°48'18”: 80 m asl), about 500 m (or so) east of the latter, and some 75 m in a direct line approximately south-west of the cave entrance to Krem –>Lum Bnai. CULTURAL HISTORY - Human use: Bat hunting ground eqipped with a bat trap in February 1998. CAVE LIFE: Bats (Chiroptera).

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1997.03.22: Langspah Rynkhun, Nongjri, told the cave name »Krem Lubon« to Brian D. Kharpran Daly and H. D. Gebauer. 1997.03.24: Noted again by Khynwin Singh Dkhar, Nongjri, told the same cave name »Krem Lubon« to Brian D. Kharpran Daly and H. D. Gebauer. 1998.02.20: Yvo Weidmann, H. D. Gebauer and B. D. Kharpran Daly, guided by Langspah Rynkhun, visited and mapped the first 190 m. 1998.02.21: B. D. Kharpran Daly and Yvo Weidmann (book), assisted by Ian E. Chandler, Raphael Warjri and Gurjinder Singh (Indian Army), completed mapping (total: 428 m) and exploration. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/04/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.1LUM BNAI (Krem)
0.4KURDROT (Krem)
0.4MAWKANONG, Wah Thyllong (Krem)
0.6WAH THYLLONG, Nongjri - Therria (Krem)
0.6DUKABOR (Krem)
1.0KHRIANG (Krem)
1.0PRIANG, Nongjri - Therria (Krem)
1.2BHUBAN CAVE (Jones 1827)
1.2BRAHMINES à Sylhet, Inde (Caverne des)