HATIGAURA

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified cave entrance (unidentified shape, unidentified dimensions, unidentified orientation, unidentified characteristics) is said to give access to an unspecified cave. ETYMOLOGY: The local people named it Hattigaura as the outer look of the cave is like an elephant trunk (thehimalayantimes.com 2011.06.26 accessed 2011.07.15). SITUATION: Somewhere in the vicinity of the village of Shishaghat or Sisa Ghat (note 1) in the Shyamgha VDC-3, Tanahun district. CAVE DESCRIPTION: Inside the cave, the local people discovered many rocks in the form of man and other animals, said Shiva Prasad Dhungana, a teacher at Mahendra Jyoti higher Secondary School. CULTURAL HISTORY - intended show cave: Shiva Prasad Dhungana, a teacher at Mahendra Jyoti higher Secondary School … added that the site has maximum possibilities for the tourism development when conserved and promoted.