DANTESHWARI, Sihawa (Cave of)
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Description
An unspecified, apparently sacred »Danteshwari cave« or »Sarovar cave« counts at least one effektive Internet website (chhattisgarh.com accessed 2009.01.16) among the »main attractions of Sihava« because it »is treated as one of the Pilgrimage of Chhattisgarh surrounded by forests and a serties [sic! qua: series?] of mountains« (note 1). ETYMOLOGY: Danta (tooth), ishvari or ishwari (literally: Goddess) is another name of Durga (note 2) or any other female shakti; the Supreme Spirit.SITUATION: At the town of Sihawa / Sihava (note 3), which lies at a travelling distance of about 65 km approximately south-east from Dhamtari (N20°42'26”: E081°32'59” WGS84).
NOTE 1: »Main attractions are Karneshwar temple, Ganesh ghat, Hathi khoh, Danteshwari cave (sarovar cave), Amrit kund and Mahamai temple« chhattisgarh.com (accessed 2009.01.16). NOTE 2: Durga, literally 'inaccessible'; »a form of Shiva's wife, Devi, a beautiful, fierce women riding a tiger; a major goddess of the Shakti sect« (LONELY PLANET, India 2005: 1107). Durga is the terrible, frightening aspect of the mother goddess Kali (DEVI MAHATMYA, circa 550, chapter 11; KINSLEY 1986 edited 1987: 99, 107; SOMADEVA circa 1100; VAKPATIRAJA, ca. 700: Gaudavaho, Verses 285-337), the untamed and unmarried version of Devi, (The) Goddess, the supreme goddess manifested (VINDHYA MAHATMYA, s.a., circa 1810?; HUMES 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996 edited 1998). NOTE 3: Sihawa N20°18'43”: E081°54'50” (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NF44-15 and in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 86 D3).
Caves nearby
| Distance (km) | Name | Length (m) | Depth (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 73.4 | SARGI RESURGENCE, Rajim | ||
| 83.0 | SIRIKALAN SINKING, Sukha River | ||
| 89.9 | NAWAGAON SINKING, Mangalore River | ||
| 95.8 | BHATGAON BLEBBY CAVE | ||
| 95.8 | BHATGAON BOREHOLE CAVES | ||
| 106.5 | KHARUN KARSTIC RESURGENCE | ||
| 107.2 | RAIPUR ARTESIAN SPRING | ||
| 118.0 | KAUADIH | ||
| 122.9 | KHARORA ARTESIAN SPRING |