BARAHI CAVE
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Description
An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to a so-called Barahi Cave with a day roost of bats (THAPA, S 2010.05.15: 29). IDENTITY: The so-called Barahi Cave (THAPA, S 2010.05.15: 29) is probably one of the cave entrances of the –>Chakratirtha - Parahamsa Gufa. ETYMOLOGY: Barahi . SITUATION: THAPA, S (2010.05.15: 29) locates Barahi Cave not only in an unspecified setting somewhere in the vicinity of the Chobar gorge (note 1) and above one or the other banks of the Bagmati River but also in an unidentified spatial relations to the cave entrances of –>Bagh Cave, Chobar, –>Manjushri Cave, Chobar, and –>Naya Cave, Chobar. CAVE LIFE: THAPA, S (2010.05.15: 29) relates to bats (Chiroptera) and Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth 1853 of which more than a hundred individuals were estimated during their flight observation at entrances of four caves; Bagh cave, Naya cave, Manjushree cave andBarahi cave.Barahi cave.
History
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2009.12.31: An unidentified bat netter (no name mentioned) cared to catch one or several specimens of Hipposideros cineraceus Blyth 1853 with a mist net in front of the Barahi Cave entrance (THAPA, S 2010.05.15: 29).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | BAGH CAVE | ||
| 0.0 | MANJUSRI CAVE | ||
| 0.0 | NAYA CAVE | ||
| 0.6 | Ganeshwar Bitrag Shikara Gufa | ||
| 1.1 | CHAKHU BHAKHU PWA | ||
| 1.1 | CAVE UNDER CRASHER (aa -) | ||
| 1.1 | CHAKRATIRTHA - PARAHAMSA GUFA | ||
| 4.9 | BASBARI | ||
| 4.9 | BASBARI 2 |