PITHORAGARH STREAM CAVE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

No autochthonous name has been identified for an approximately large stream cave of unknown dimensions, which is reputed to contain -no stalagmites- (read: no venerated linga) but a creek (note 1). SITUATION (Breitenbach 2005.10.29 to 11.13 Mss: Tagebuch): At an unidentified location, which appears to lie at a short driving distance in an unidentified directon from the town of Pithoragarh (N29°35': 080°13': 1815 m asl). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Little doubt remains that the rumour, according to which this cave contains -no stalagmites- (Breitenbach 2005 Mss), does not necessarily indicate the absence of secondary calcite formations but can be interpreted as an evidence for this stream cave being not a temple cave with venerated lingam.No autochthonous name has been identified for an approximately large stream cave of unknown dimensions, which is reputed to contain -no stalagmites- (read: no venerated linga) but a creek (note 1). SITUATION (Breitenbach 2005.10.29 to 11.13 Mss: Tagebuch): At an unidentified location, which appears to lie at a short driving distance in an unidentified directon from the town of Pithoragarh (N29°35': 080°13': 1815 m asl). CULTURAL HISTORY - human use: Little doubt remains that the rumour, according to which this cave contains -no stalagmites- (Breitenbach 2005 Mss), does not necessarily indicate the absence of secondary calcite formations but can be interpreted as an evidence for this stream cave being not a temple cave with venerated lingam.