CHINNA AHOBILAM

(Allagadda - IN)
15.130800,78.676100
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 23/03/2016

A suspicious place name apparently hinting at a cave but this is probably the –>Pedda Ahobilam 8 km along the road further east and 350 m higher up. ETYMOLOGY: The place name "Chinna Ahobilam" appears to mean »Lower Grand Cave« as "chinna" (Telugu) means »small, young, low« (etc.), "aho" (Sanskrit) means »big, great, large« and "bilam" is one of the Sanskrit words for a cave. HYDROGRAPHY: »The water of the Balugram spring (15°9': 78°41') … supplies water to Chinna Ahobilam (15°8': 78°41')« (DUTT, N V B S 1955: 122).

Documents

Bibliography 23/03/2016
  • Dutt, N V B S 1955.

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
4.6CHENCHULA GUNDALU POTHOLES
6.2BHAIRAVA GUHA, Pedda Ahobilam
6.2VARAHA GUNDAM POTHOLE
6.2PEDDA AHOBILAM CAVES
7.6KANNIKALA GUNDALU POTHOLES
8.1BHIRAVA GUNDAM POTHOLE
16.6BILLAM GUHA, Angampally
19.3Pachagundalu Potholes
41.1NANDYAL FOREST CAVE