BELGAUM ROCK TEMPLE, Buddhist
15.866700,74.500000
Description
Numerous [man-made] cavities due to the extraction of ore [note 1] exist with two rock cut temples at one end of cliffs (GLENNIE, E A 1947a: 41). Compare –>Belgaum Rock Temple, Hindu. SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere at or near the town Belgaum (15°52'N: 74°30'E). CAVE DESCRIPTION: T-shaped in plan it starts with a low square passage leading to a higher room at right angles. At the junction of the T is a simple life-size figure of Budda [sic!] in a sitting posture. Some vandal has struck off and removed his head. It seems certain that [the] whole cave is the result of simple squaring off of passages made to extract ore (GLENNIE, E A 1947a: 41).Numerous [man-made] cavities due to the extraction of ore [note 1] exist with two rock cut temples at one end of cliffs (GLENNIE, E A 1947a: 41). Compare –>Belgaum Rock Temple, Hindu. SITUATION: At an unspecified location somewhere at or near the town Belgaum (15°52'N: 74°30'E). CAVE DESCRIPTION: T-shaped in plan it starts with a low square passage leading to a higher room at right angles. At the junction of the T is a simple life-size figure of Budda [sic!] in a sitting posture. Some vandal has struck off and removed his head. It seems certain that [the] whole cave is the result of simple squaring off of passages made to extract ore (GLENNIE, E A 1947a: 41).
Histoire
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
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0.0 | BELGAUM ROCK TEMPLE, Hindu | ||
0.0 | BELGAUM CELLARS | ||
28.1 | KOLIK CAVE | ||
38.1 | HIRANYKESHI (Cave at) | ||
44.2 | GOKAK CAVITIES | ||
44.2 | GOKAK CAVE | ||
44.2 | Gokak Fissure | ||
70.8 | VARAHI SIDDESHWARA GAVI | ||
82.0 | SIDDESHWARAGAVI |