KANNIKALA GUNDALU POTHOLES

(Chagalamarri - IN)
15.091700,78.734700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

One of the »potholes« (note 1) or whirlpools which »have been created by the youthful streams either below where they fall or where tributary nalas [water courses] join them« (DUTT 1955: 121). SITUATION: DUTT (1955: 121) places the »Kannikala Gundalu or Virgins' Pools about half a mile [804.5 m] west of Pamileti Narasimhaswami (15°6': 78°45').« The Survey of India sheet 57-i/12 (edition 1981) indicates a »Pamileti Narasimhasvami Temple« near (±100 m) N15°05'33”: E078°44'32”: circa (±20 m) 450 m asl (Everest 1830) and about 3.5 km in a direct line of 4 km on foot south of –>Pedda Ahobilam (N15°07'26”: E078°44'11”: 490 m asl, Everest 1830).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 30/03/2016

NOTE 1: DUTT (1955, 1981) mentions »potholes« (whirlpools) called –>Bhirava Gundam, –>Chenchula Gundalu, –>Dhodiyam, –>Kannikala Gundalu, –>Pachagundalu, –>Pedda Ahobilam Potholes, and –>Varaha Gundam.

Documents

Bibliography 30/03/2016
  • Dutt, N V B S 1955, 1981.

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
3.2PEDDA AHOBILAM CAVES
3.6VARAHA GUNDAM POTHOLE
3.7BHAIRAVA GUHA, Pedda Ahobilam
4.0BHIRAVA GUNDAM POTHOLE
7.6CHINNA AHOBILAM
7.9CHENCHULA GUNDALU POTHOLES
10.3BILLAM GUHA, Angampally
23.2Pachagundalu Potholes
45.4SARYA NARASIMHA SWAMY GUHA