TALUPULAMMA (Cave of)

(Tuni - IN)
17.366700,82.516700
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/06/2016

A natural sacred cave (temple cave) or man-made 'cave temple' (rock-cut chamber used for religious purposes), which is sacred to the mother goddess Talupula Amma and containing her image, is situated (note 1) somewhere on »the hill at Talluru [note 2], two miles [3 km] WNW of Tuni [note 3].«

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 08/06/2016

NOTE 1: CRAVEN (1969: 22) after HEMINGWAY (1907: somewhere). NOTE 2: Talluru is shown near N17°22': E082°31' on AMS sheet NE44-12 Visakhapatnam (U502 series, 1959 edition). NOTE 3: Tuni town is positioned at N17°22': E082°32' (Everest 1830, IMPERIAL GAZETTEER 1907-1909, 24: 62) and at N17°21': E082°33' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003) on AMS sheet NE44-12 Visakhapatnam (U502 series, 1959 edition) and in the India Road Atlas (Eicher Goodearth 2006) map 104 B1.

Documents

Bibliography 08/06/2016
  • Craven, Stephen A 1969; Hemingway, F R 1907.

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