SANKHU CAVE 6th

Shankharapur (काठमाडौं - NP)
27.726400,85.463900
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Tibetan sources refer to the Nagarjuna cave of Sankhu (see: Nagarjuna Caves) by the term klu-sgrub-kyi sgrub-khang. Is not as easily found as the caves 1 to 5 since it does not lie in the immediate neighbourhood of Vajrayogini temple itself but about 300 m further west on the same hill side. It is reached by traversing along the same contour through the paddy fields of the wide gully west of Vajrayogini temple. The super-dark shadow of the entrance (facing south-east) is -glowing- from a rocky outcrop amidst low vegetation. The rather irregularly shaped entrance is framed by a kind of masonry work that somehow reminds of a stout Gaelic cross. The small chamber is completely bare and features unusual, vertically slightly curved walls supporting the common flat, horizontal ceiling.

Documents

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Histoire

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0SANKHU CAVE 1st
0.0SANKHU CAVE 2nd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 3rd
0.0SANKHU CAVE 4th
0.0SANKHU CAVE 5th
4.6MATRIKAS, Sundarijal (Cave of the)
6.2SUNDARIJAL TUNNEL
6.3GUPTESHWAR CAVE, Gokarna
7.4GANESH GUFA, Gokarneshwar