THALAIYANAI MALAI (Caves on the)

Location

Unexplored rock shelters and caves reports DEVASAHAYANAM (1995: 226) from the Thalaiyanai Hills (note 1) in the Sivagiri taluk (note 2) of Tirunelvely (Tirunelveli, Tinnevelly) district: »In early 1992 with the aim of collecting Palliyan tribal group's ethnographic objects for the proposed District Museum at Tirunelvely [note 3], we had been to Thalaiyanai Hills in Sivagiri taluk … we proceeded further into the dense forest and to our surprise we spotted rock shelters fully covered with bushes and creepers. We were told that such type rock shelters and even caves can be found in greater number in the interior of the dense forest.« Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/02/2016

NOTE 1: The Thalaiyanai Hills are not identified. NOTE 2: There is not only the town of Sivagiri (Shivagiri) N09°20': E077°26' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) but also Sivagiri Malai (Sheva Giri, Shevagiri Peak) N09°21': E077°19' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), both falling on AMS sheet NC43-12. NOTE 3: Tirunelvely (Tirunelveli, Tinnevelly) N08°44': E077°42' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NC43-16. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 28/02/2016