SITA SEJ GUFA

(Naraini - IN)
25.002200,80.488100
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 31/05/2016

A fine piece of workmanship. The man-made, troglodyte rock chamber (about 1.8 m wide, high and long), including a stone couch complete with a massive sandstone pillow (hygienic and free from bed bugs) opposite caross from the entrance, is excavated from solid rock SITUATION: On the fortified fortress hill –>Kalinjar Fort (N24°59'50”: E080°28'50” WGS84; obsolete: Kallingur). CAVE DESCRIPTION: »Sitá-sej (Sita's bed) opens to the lower portion of a rampart« and characterised by a »curious ceiling with shelves« (MAISEY 1848: 178-179 notes 24-26).

Documents

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.1SITAKUND, Kalinjar
0.5FAKIR's CAVE, Kalinjar
0.5HANUMAN GATE CAVE, Kalinjar
0.5MRIG DHARA
0.5NILKANTHA CAVE
0.5PANI KE AMAN
0.5PATALA GANGA, Kalinjar
24.0KALYANPUR - BILADI SHELTER
26.9LAL PUTARIA: ITWA SHELTERS