TURA BASIN, Velam

(Koyilandi - IN)
11.466700,75.700000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

What may represent a closed depression (doline) in laterite --if it is not a simple back-water pool-- places C. Kunhi Kannam (in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 Kurumbranad taluk page cccxviii) in Velam amsam (note 1) and at a (travelling?) distance of 12 miles (19 km) approximately south-east of Badagara (N11°36': E075°35'), where there is a reservoir of fresh water locally known Tura, which is 1,080 feet [329 m] long by 218 feet [66 m] wide [and] fabled to have been excavated by the Pandus [the Pandava brothers of Mahabharata fame] in pre-historic period.What may represent a closed depression (doline) in laterite --if it is not a simple back-water pool-- places C. Kunhi Kannam (in LOGAN 1887-1891, 2 Kurumbranad taluk page cccxviii) in Velam amsam (note 1) and at a (travelling?) distance of 12 miles (19 km) approximately south-east of Badagara (N11°36': E075°35'), where there is a reservoir of fresh water locally known Tura, which is 1,080 feet [329 m] long by 218 feet [66 m] wide [and] fabled to have been excavated by the Pandus [the Pandava brothers of Mahabharata fame] in pre-historic period.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Logan, William 1887-1891 edited 1906, 1987, 1989, 2000.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
4.1KOLUKKALLUR CAVE
5.2KILARIYUR CAVE 1
5.2KILARIYUR CAVE 2
8.2MALAMANGALAM KOVIL CHANNEL
9.4MULLIPAD CAVE
12.4MANIKOTTAPARAMBA CAVE
18.4LONARKAVU ROCK-CUT CAVES
19.3PATALA GANGA, Varakal
22.5CHÄLLIL KURINYORI PERAMBA ROCK CELLS