SANKHU CAVE 5th

Shankharapur (काठमाडौं - NP)
27.726400,85.463900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Lies just above cave 2 near the north-western corner of Bajrayogini temple and faces south-south-east. The cave is easily discernible from the neighbouring ones by a defacing crack which wears into one corner of the entrance, which used to be of rectangular shape and again is quite small. The area in front of the cave seems to have been buried by a sort of landslide if it has not been intentionally filled with building debris, which somehow found its way into the interior of the small-man-sized cubicle, and thus has infilled the solitary meditation chamber by two thirds.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018

History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1991 November 08: H. D. Gebauer, Uwe Scherzer and Werner Busch explore and map. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0SANKHU CAVE 1st
0.0SANKHU CAVE 2nd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 3rd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 4th
0.0SANKHU CAVE 6th
4.6MATRIKAS, Sundarijal (Cave of the)
6.2SUNDARIJAL TUNNEL
6.3GUPTESHWAR CAVE, Gokarna
7.4GANESH GUFA, Gokarneshwar