CRAZY CAVE, Armala

Pokhara (कास्की - NP)
28.271900,83.980800
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Accessible cave roost … Interesting for both caving and bat study. Belongs to indiviual farmer (PHUYAL & DHOUBADEL 2006: 34 table 1 item 10). ETYMOLOGY: Since the two caves –>Mahendra Gufa and –>Birendra Cave in the Pokhara Valley are called after members of the formerly royal family, noty only the strange Crazy Cave (ADHIKARI 2008: 45; PHUYAL & DHOUBADEL 2006: 34; PHUYAL 2007: 28) but also Shanti Gupha, Hemja 2 and Peace Cave or Worldpeace Cave may have been named in honour of other royals of Nepal (note 1).SITUATION: Crazy Cave (Armala 6) … situated in 30 minute distance from motor road (PHUYAL & DHOUBADEL 2006: 34 table 1 item 10). POSITION: The GPS position N28°16'19”: E083°58'52” (unidentified geodetic datum, unspecified precision error) for the entrance to Crazy Cave, Armala 6 (ADHIKARI, Hari 2008: 45) or Crazy Cave (Armala - 6 Siplekuna) (WASTI & ACHARYA 2011: 332 table 1 site no. 1) indicates a location about 2.7 km in a direct line approximately WSW (-712 m north and -2.6km east) from Armala (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - Bat conservation: PHUYAL (2007: 28) A bat brochure was published in Nepali language … in collaboration with Self Help Environment Awareness Camp (SHEAC), Pokhara. Brochures were distributed among people around Bat Cave [Chamere Gufa, Battulechaur], Mahendra Cave, Crazy Cave, Birendra Cave, Putli Cave, Sita Cave, Gupteshwor Cave [Gupteshwar Gupha, Chhorepatan] and Peace Cave (Shanti Gupha, Hemja / Hengja).km east) from Armala (note 2). CULTURAL HISTORY - Bat conservation: PHUYAL (2007: 28) A bat brochure was published in Nepali language … in collaboration with Self Help Environment Awareness Camp (SHEAC), Pokhara. Brochures were distributed among people around Bat Cave [Chamere Gufa, Battulechaur], Mahendra Cave, Crazy Cave, Birendra Cave, Putli Cave, Sita Cave, Gupteshwor Cave [Gupteshwar Gupha, Chhorepatan] and Peace Cave (Shanti Gupha, Hemja / Hengja).

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History

ETYMOLOGY: Since the two caves –>Mahendra Gufa and –>Birendra Cave in the Pokhara Valley are called after members of the formerly royal family, noty only the strange Crazy Cave (PHUYAL 2007: 28) but also Shanti Gupha, Hemja 2 and Peace Cave or Worldpeace Cave may have been named in honour of other royals of Nepal (note 1).NOTE 1: Queen Indra Rajya Laxmi (died in 1950) had the three daughters Shanti [silence, peace], Sharada [early autumn] and Shobha [grace, beauty] and the three sons Birhendra, Gyanendra and Dhirendra by King Birendra of Nepal, who had assumed the throne on 24th February 1975 and died on the 1st June 2001 along with the siblings Dhirendra, Shanti and Sharada in the Nepalese royal massacre (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepalese_royal_massacre). Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Caves nearby

Distance (km)NameLength (m)Depth (m)
0.0MAHENDRA GUFA
0.2Mahendra Cave
0.9WINDOW CAVE
1.5CHAMERE GUFA, Batulechaur
1.6CHAMERE ODAR, Batulechaur
1.6KAARR JUNGLE CAVE
2.2KALI KHOLA CAVE 6 (Smart 1976)
2.2KALI KHOLA CAVE 5 (Smart 1976)
2.2KALI KHOLA CAVE 4 (Smart 1976)