TURA PANI (Cave at)
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Description
One of the caves on –>Ramgarh Pahar consists of a small sacred cave (note 1) and perennial source of refreshing water (note 2) that issues from a fissure in the massive bed of sandstone (note 3) underlain by a seam of inferior coal (note 4). SITUATION: At the edge of the sacred grove (note 5) at the north-east corner of Ramgarh Pahar (see: Caves of –>Ramghar Hill), and a little to the west, but at the same level (2600 feet = 790 m asl) as the »ancient stone way [note 6], on the lintel of which is sculptured an image of Ganesh« (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 21: 176).
NOTE 1: »Thoora Panee« (OUSELEY 1848: 66) is regarded, in chronological order, as a spring [OUSELEY 1848: 66), a natural grotto (DALTON 1865: 23), grotto (BALL 1873b: 243), sort of grotto … fissure (BALL 1880 edited 1985: 324), and natural grotto (IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 21: 176). NOTE 2: The »temperature of the water was, strange to say, much higher than that of the air, but cooled in a sorai it was delicious« (DALTON 1865) but the geological surveyor BALL (1878b: 243), little modified in BALL (1880 edited 1985: 324), visiting near the end of March, assumes a constant water temperature and a subterranean drainage: »High up on the south-east corner, water trickles down over the vertical face of the cliff till it is caught by a ledge of rock, which doubtless serves to redirect its course and cause its appearance on the north-east.« NOTE 3: DALTON (1865: 23-24) notes the »rock sends out a jet of perfectly pure water.« BALL (1873b: 243) records a »constant stream of pure water spouts forth in so strange a way that it is no cause for wonder that the natives regard the place as sacred.« BALL (1880 edited 1985: 324) reports »From a fissure in the massive bed of sandstone a constant stream of pure water gushes forth in so strange a way that it is no cause for wonder that the natives regard it as evidence of the divine presence.« IMPERIAL GAZETTEER (1907-1909, 21: 176) repeats a »constant stream of pure water wells out, in a natural grotto, from a fissure in the massive bed of sandstone.« NOTE 4: OUSELEY (1848: 66) notes »a fine coal bed« and DALTON (1865: 23-24) confirms that a »broad seam of coal is here seen underlying the sandstone.« BALL (1873b: 243) noticed a »four of five inches [10 or 12 cm] thick bed of coaly shale« and BALL (1880 edited 1985: 324), confusing feet and inches, a »seam of inferior coal which is four and a-half feet [1.4 m] in thickness.« NOTE 5: BALL (1873b: 243; little modified in 1880 edited 1985: 324): »… we at last emerged on a piece of flat ground shaded by a few mango and ebony trees, and bounded on the south by by a wall of rock which rises perpendicularly for several hundred feet. At the foot of this wall an unusual luxuriance of the vegetation at once attracted our attention, –ferns, species of Ficus, and other moisture-loving plants being abundant. On going a little closer the cause of this became apparent, as a grotto, to which there is an ascent by a few steps, opened out to view.« NOTE 6: DALTON (1865: 23-24) added »The approach to this spot from the gateway was originally protected by a stone breastwork now fallen …«
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Bibliography 25/06/2016Cavités proche
| Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | MUNI GOFAR | ||
| 4.9 | HATHIPOL, Sarguja | ||
| 4.9 | JOGIMARA | ||
| 4.9 | SITA BENGA / SITABENGA | ||
| 4.9 | HATHIPOL ROCK CHAMBER | ||
| 4.9 | LAKSHMAN BANGALA | ||
| 40.1 | MAHADANI DEO, Marcha Hill (Cave of) | ||
| 55.0 | KHARGAWAN (Cave near) | ||
| 75.9 | KHURIA RANI (Felsenhöhle der) |