GUPHA MANDIR, Bhopal

Bhopal (Huzur Tahsil - IN)
23.266700,77.400000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A group of painted rock shelters (or caves?) at Bhopal (23°16'N: 77°24'E) were modified into a sacred temple cave: The best (or the worst) example of … vandalism and conversion of rock art sites into temples, shrines or their use even for residential purposes … is a group of rock shelters at Bhopal which have been converted into a temple known as the Gupha Mandir (PANDE, B M 1999: 59 in MALLA, Bansi Lal: Conservation of rock art.- IGNCA = Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Rock Art Series no. 5, New Delhi: Aryan Books International).

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Malla, Bansi Lal 1999; Pande, B M 1999.

History

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0BHOPAL STATE MUSEUM ROCKSHELTER
1.4MAHADEVA-KI-GUPHA SHELTER
4.1SIMLA HILL SHELTERS
6.5DHARAMPURI SHELTERS
9.9SHAHAD KARAR SHELTERS
11.2BHAIRAGARH SHELTERS
21.3KATHOTIA SHELTERS
22.2SATKUNDA ROCK SHELTERS
22.8HATHI TOL, Raisen