JOGI CAVE, Gadiya Mountain

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified, allegedly 50 m long cave, where monks used to meditate (note 1). Compare –>Churi Pagar (Gadiya Mountain) on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently close to the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) places Jogi Cave somewhere towards the south-east part of Gadiya Mountain (note 3), which is said to be a natural form of a fort (drug, durg) where … the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 4). CAVE DESCRIPTION: india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) mentions a small pond in this cave flows over the rocks like a waterfall as if indicating a rimstone dam and gour pool. CULTURAL HISTORY: Approximately thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain.An unspecified, allegedly 50 m long cave, where monks used to meditate (note 1). Compare –>Churi Pagar (Gadiya Mountain) on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently close to the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) places Jogi Cave somewhere towards the south-east part of Gadiya Mountain (note 3), which is said to be a natural form of a fort (drug, durg) where … the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 4). CAVE DESCRIPTION: india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) mentions a small pond in this cave flows over the rocks like a waterfall as if indicating a rimstone dam and gour pool. CULTURAL HISTORY: Approximately thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain.