MAHARISHI DYANPITH CAVES

(Yamkeshwar - IN)
30.116700,78.316700
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 17/04/2016

»World famed Maharishi Dyanpith is high above Vedniketan in a most idyllic mountain environment, having 84 caves [note 1]. A unique [more likely: commercial] underground yoga training centre has been created that attracts transcendentalists from the world over« (KAUR, J 1985: 187). ETYMOLOGY: "Dyan" (KAUR, J 1985: 187), from "dhyan" (Sanskrit, Hindi, Nepali, etc.), meditation, contemplation. CAVE POTENTIAL: Other troglodyte hermitage "caves" of dubious nature in the vicinity of Rishikesh are the cave at –>Brahmapuri (Eliade 1996: 343), –>Ganesh Gufa (the cave of Rose Schmitt), the cave of Swami –>Ramtirtha, the caves at –>Rishikesh (Eliade 1996: 344-345), and at –>Rishikesh (Eliade 1996: 347).

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 17/04/2016

NOTE 1: Eighty-four Mahasiddhas.

Documents

Bibliography 17/04/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0GANESH GUFA, Rishikesh
0.0RISHIKESH (Eliade 1996: 347) (Caves at)
0.0RAMTIRTHA SWAMI (Cave of Swami)
0.0PANDAVA CAVE, Rishikesh
1.6BRAHMAPURI (Eliade 1996: 343) (Cave at)
7.4VASHISHT GUFA, Shivpuri
17.2HARDWAR (Eliade 1996: 317) (Cave at)
19.6BHIMA GHORA
21.0RISHIKA MUNI GUFA