RAGKOT, Dindigul (Cave in the)

Dindigul (Dindigul - IN)
10.361800,77.964500
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

»Under the northern edge of this hill [and fort of Dindigul] there is a remarkable natural cavern, inhabited by Mahomedan fakeers. A dark narrow passage penetrates from hence towards the interior of the rock, and a local tradition is related of forty-three fakeers who quitted the world by this passage [keyword: exitcave], and never returned« (HAMILTON, W 1828, 1: 519) ETYMOLOGY: "Dindu" is an "asura" or demon, and "kal" in English means rock. The fort is locally called something like "Rag Kot" (January 2002). SITUATION: Ragkot (note 1) occupies the upper part of a wedge- shaped hill that rises 100 or 130 m above the town of Dindigul at 270 m asl. The northern gate (±7.2 m 10°21'42”N: 77°57'52”E: 330 m asl WGS84, Gebauer, H D 2002.01.17) of the fort lies two or three kilometers east of the KSTC (Kerala State Transport Corporation) bus stand.

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

NOTE 1: In 1992, the fort had been managed by the Archaeology Survey of India (opening hours 09h00 to 16h00) and the warden had been instructed to distinguish visitors on a racist basis where "crorepathis" (billionaires), who have an Indian look about them, may enter for a nominal fee while non-Indian looking students are to be stripped of substantial sums.

Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: 2002.02.17: H. D. Gebauer and Werner Busch were repelled by obscene demands. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 27/03/2016

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