TRISANDHYA DEVI TIRTHA, Dachan - Marwa
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Description
An irregularly flowing and perhaps intermittent sacred karst spring reports GANHAR (s.a., circa 1973: 81) to emerge from a geologically unspecified background (note 1) at a shrine dedicated to Trisandhya Devi. SITUATION: At a distance of »two day marches« (perhaps 10 km or 100 km) in an unspecified direction from Kishtwar (note 2) in a certain »Dachan - Marwa area« (note 3). SPRING DESCRIPTION: »The spring is regarded as a miracle of Nature and a bath in its waters is considered very meritorious. Water appears thrice. It flows but as soon as it reaches the stream flowing a short distance lower down, it starts receding and goes back where it had come from. There is no knowing when the water may start flowing, and as it flows for a few minutes only, people sit at its sides ready to jump in as soon as the water appears in the spring. A similar spring exists in Kashmir [note 4] some two or three miles beyond the famous Kokarnag [Kukarnag] in Anantnag district.«
NOTE 1: THAKUR (1992: 349) refers to »SRIVASTAVA, G S (1982): Geology of Kistwar region, Jammu & Kashmir state, India.- Geol. Surv. India, Misc. Publ. 41, 259-271« but may have confused a couple of numbers here and there. * Number 41 of Geological Survey of India: Miscellaneous Publication (Calcutta: Government of India) are the Proceedings of the Himalayan Geology Seminar held on 13-17 September 1976 in New Delhi. The first volume, »A Collection of Papers«, was published in 1979 -- and all I was able to put my hands on. THAKUR, V C (1992: 354) refers to WAKHLOO, S N & DHAR, B L (1971): On the geology of the area in and around Kishtwar, Doda district, Kashmir.- Himalayan Geology. ISSN 0379-5101, 0971-8966 (Delhi : Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology), Vol. 1: 123-146. NOTE 2: Kishtwar (Kishtwer, Kistwar) near N33°19': E075°46' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), falling on the Survey of India sheet 43-O/15 (not seen), is indicated as »Kishtwar« not only on the AMS sheet NI43-11 Anantnag (U502 series, 1960 edition) but also on India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006: 2 C4). Also »Kishtawâr« (HERVEY 1853, 2: 152, 160-165). NOTE 3: Ganhar's »Dachan - Marwa area« is not identified. There would be a populated pace called Marwa indicated on AMS sheet NI43-06 near N34°20'15”: E074°07'20” and at a linear distance of about 200 km NW of Kishtwar, a Dakhan (NI43-06 at N34°22'30”: E073°47'10”) 232 km in a direct line NW of Kishtwar, and a Dazun (NI43-06 at N34°17'10”: E074°13'25”) 190 km in a direct line NW of Kishtwar. NOTE 4: This »similar spring in Kashmir« is probably –>Sundabrar Spring at the Trisandhya Devi Tirtha in the Bringi Nala, Anantnag district.
Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.6 | SHALAMAR CAVES | ||
| 13.3 | KANGNEE ROCK SHELTER | ||
| 69.0 | SATWA (Cave at) | ||
| 87.7 | KARAKORUM CAVE (de TERRA 1940) | ||
| 88.0 | NAROPA, Dzongkhul (Cave of) | ||
| 88.0 | DZONG KONGMA, Dzongkhul | ||
| 102.6 | NIMA OZER PHUG, Sani, Seni Gompa | ||
| 102.7 | JNANA GANGA CAVES | ||
| 105.0 | PADUM PHUG |