MOHINI SHIKARA SHELTER, Yana

(Kumata taluk - IN)
14.586900,74.566700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A spacious, naturally roofed resting place, measuring about 8 m in square (some 60 to 70 square metres) and approximately 2 m in height throughout, is formed by a single fallen boulder wedged horizontally between opposing rock faces. Two entrances, facing each other, provide access, ventilation, and daylight. SITUATION: On the left-hand side of the flight of steps ascending to Bhairaveshwara Shikara, at the foot of Mohini Shikara, the second largest karst tower in the –>Bhairav Kshetra, and a few metres (50 m?) below –>Mohini Shikara Cave. The shelter is reached, if approaching from below, by an inconspicuous and about 5 m long one-way passage (capped by another fallen boulder), or on the descent by an even less obvious trail into vegetation adjacent to the right-hand side of the concrete steps. CAVE POTENTIAL: The site is suspected to yield archaeological evidence and is obviously used till today by pilgrims as a troglodyte shelter, at least during the annual fair in the –>Bhairav Ksetra (Bhairavkshetra) at Yana (Yan).

Documents

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.12.11.: H. D. Gebauer visited and sketched to grade 2b. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.1MOHINI SHIKARA, Yana (Cave at)
0.3CHANDIKA GUWA, Yana
0.4SHIVA, Yana (Cave of)
0.4BHAIRAVESHWARA SHIKARA (Cave at)
45.2HALESIDDA, Wadehakli (Cave of the)
45.2BAVALIHAKKI CAVE
45.6RUDRAKSHI MANTAPA GAVI
45.7AKKA NAGAMMA GAVI
45.7AKALA GAVI, Ulvi