JUKH - OAKEE TUFA OCCURRENCE

(Ukhimath - IN)
30.550000,79.100000
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Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Between the villages Jukh and Oakee [note 1] again, gneiss is met with; below in the bed of the [Mandakini] river [note 2] is a mass of calcareous tufa with vegetable impressions. It is of a light buff yellow colour, is rather porous with a semi-crystalline grain. It is a very pure carbonate of lime, and affords an excellent cement by burning, which was used for the stone temples erected one at Kedarnath [note 3], … the other at Ookee Muth [note 3] where the Raool, or chief priest, resides (HERBERT 1842: lxvii).Between the villages Jukh and Oakee [note 1] again, gneiss is met with; below in the bed of the [Mandakini] river [note 2] is a mass of calcareous tufa with vegetable impressions. It is of a light buff yellow colour, is rather porous with a semi-crystalline grain. It is a very pure carbonate of lime, and affords an excellent cement by burning, which was used for the stone temples erected one at Kedarnath [note 3], … the other at Ookee Muth [note 3] where the Raool, or chief priest, resides (HERBERT 1842: lxvii).

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
22.2ANUSAYA DEVI MANDIR, Rudranath (Caves near)
22.4RUDRANATH GUFA, Gopeshwar
22.4SHIVA, Rudranath (Cave of)
24.2VYASA GUFA, Khandakhya
29.2BHUMKODAAR
29.6TAMAKUND CAVE
32.0JATASHANKAR GUFA, Kalpeshwar
35.1PANCH NATH, Ghural Ganga (Caves at)
35.6GORKHIYA UDYAR