Shiva (Chounri)

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

A communicating pair of cave entrances is said to give access to a true tunnel cave, which is an estimated 8 m long, sacred (temple cave), and contains secondary calcite formations interpreted as sculptures representating the Hindu gods Shiva, Ganesh and Saraswati (Sarasvati). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere in about 2.5 km north of Phunri (55 km east of Kathmandu) and at a walking distance of 2.5 hours in an unidentified direction above a certain Chaunri Khola (note 1) (KNAB 1990: 8, no. -N12 Shailung Gupha- after a an unidentified trekking manager in Kathmandu).A communicating pair of cave entrances is said to give access to a true tunnel cave, which is an estimated 8 m long, sacred (temple cave), and contains secondary calcite formations interpreted as sculptures representating the Hindu gods Shiva, Ganesh and Saraswati (Sarasvati). SITUATION: At an unknown location somewhere in about 2.5 km north of Phunri (55 km east of Kathmandu) and at a walking distance of 2.5 hours in an unidentified direction above a certain Chaunri Khola (note 1) (KNAB 1990: 8, no. -N12 Shailung Gupha- after a an unidentified trekking manager in Kathmandu).