KHANDEPAR (Caves at)

(Ponda - IN)
15.416700,74.033300
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A group of four tiny 9th to 10th century man-made 'cave temples' (rock-cut chambers used for religious purposes), each with two cells gouged out of four single hillocks of solid laterite is situated deep in dense woodland near the village of Khandepar [note 1], 5 km north-east of Ponda [also: Cassabe de Ponda, N15°24': E074°01'] on the NH4 (ABRAM 2001: 122). IDENTITY: Item 13 of CAVES IN GOA (2002). CULTURAL HISTORY: Internet websites advertise notable cave temples on the way back to Panaji from Tamdi Surla temple because one could see the 10th century caves of Khandepar (note 2) and possibly still can see if.A group of four tiny 9th to 10th century man-made 'cave temples' (rock-cut chambers used for religious purposes), each with two cells gouged out of four single hillocks of solid laterite is situated deep in dense woodland near the village of Khandepar [note 1], 5 km north-east of Ponda [also: Cassabe de Ponda, N15°24': E074°01'] on the NH4 (ABRAM 2001: 122). IDENTITY: Item 13 of CAVES IN GOA (2002). CULTURAL HISTORY: Internet websites advertise notable cave temples on the way back to Panaji from Tamdi Surla temple because one could see the 10th century caves of Khandepar (note 2) and possibly still can see if.

Documents

Bibliography 06/01/2018
  • Abram, David 2001; Caves in Goa 2002.

Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

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