BHAIRAB GUFA, Maratika / Halesi

Halesi Tuwachung (खोटाङ - NP)
27.193100,86.630600
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 15/07/2016

A solitary, modified natural cave chamber (10 m wide and long, 5 m high), which is almost filled by mud deposits plugging the lower parts, is situated at the north-eaastern foot of the cave hill at the pilgrimage site –>Halesi / Maratika (SCHERZER 1992: 5). ETYMOLOGY: "Bhairab“ (Nepali) or "Bhairava" (Sanskrit), literally »The Terrible«, is the eighth incarnation of Shiva in his demonic form.

Documents

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History

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1991.10.09: Uwe SCHERZER (1993) mapped. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 15/07/2016

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0BASAJA GUFA
0.0DUNGDELIMA GUFA
0.0HALESI / MARATIKA (Caves at)
0.0MARATIKA PHUG
0.9Maratika Cave
41.5SHIVA, Bhojpur, Koshi zone, Nepal (Cave of)
42.1TAKESHWAR (Cave at)
68.5CHHOYANG CAVE
70.8KUMJUNG (Cave near)