JOGI CAVE, Gadiya Mountain

(Kanker Tahsil - IN)
20.250000,81.500000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An unspecified, allegedly 50 m long cave, where monks used to meditate (note 1). Compare –>Churi Pagar (Gadiya Mountain) on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently close to the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) places Jogi Cave somewhere towards the south-east part of Gadiya Mountain (note 3), which is said to be a natural form of a fort (drug, durg) where … the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 4). CAVE DESCRIPTION: india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) mentions a small pond in this cave flows over the rocks like a waterfall as if indicating a rimstone dam and gour pool. CULTURAL HISTORY: Approximately thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain.An unspecified, allegedly 50 m long cave, where monks used to meditate (note 1). Compare –>Churi Pagar (Gadiya Mountain) on the same drug / durg. SITUATION: Apparently close to the town of Kanker (N20°16'19”: E081°29'35” WGS84), the capital of Kanker state (note 2). india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) places Jogi Cave somewhere towards the south-east part of Gadiya Mountain (note 3), which is said to be a natural form of a fort (drug, durg) where … the Doodh River flows at the bottom of the mountain (note 4). CAVE DESCRIPTION: india-travel.goto-india.com/date/2007/04 (accessed 2009.01.16) mentions a small pond in this cave flows over the rocks like a waterfall as if indicating a rimstone dam and gour pool. CULTURAL HISTORY: Approximately thousands of devotees celebrate Mahashivratri by climbing this mountain.

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Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
0.0CHURI PAGAR, Gadiya Mountain
43.7DANTESHWARI, Sihawa (Cave of)
51.3DHAMTARI SINKHOLE
95.2SARGI RESURGENCE, Rajim
102.2BHATGAON BLEBBY CAVE
102.2BHATGAON BOREHOLE CAVES
102.4NAWAGAON SINKING, Mangalore River
104.8SIRIKALAN SINKING, Sukha River
110.2KHARUN KARSTIC RESURGENCE