SHARACH (Cave at)

(Manali - IN)
32.166700,77.250000
Grottocenter / carte

Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 22/05/2016

A relative »big rock cave« (TREKKER'S GUIDE 1978: 13) with unidentified dimensions is said to be used during the grazing season as a stable for approximately 100 sheep. SITUATION: In an unspecified spatial relation »at« (sic!) Sharach, about 10 km (or 10 miles?) in a direct line (or along a route?) south-east of Manali (N32°16': E077°10'), or at walking distance of 3 km from »Bhanara« or Banhara (note 1) above Jagatsukh (note 2) and Prini (note 3). CAVE POTENTIAL: Somewhere nearby is –>Arjun Gufa, Manali.

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 22/05/2016

NOTE 1: »Bhanara« (TREKKER'S GUIDE 1978: 11) is not shown on the Survey of India 1: 250,000 sheet 52-H (1973 edition) but indicated as »Banhara« near N32°12': E077°12' on AMS sheet NI43-16 Palampur (U502 series, 1963 edition) in an area high above the left (eastern) bank of the river Beas and above the right (northern) bank of the Duhangan Nala. NOTE 2: Jagatsukh (on the road below Banhara?) or »Jadadsukh« (LAL 1985) and »Juggut Sookh« (HERVEY 1853: 73) is not shown on AMS sheet NI43-16 but positioned at N32°12': E077°12' (nima.mil/geonames accessed 16.11.2003), which indicates a spot 8.15 km in a direct line SSE from Manali (N32°16': E77°10'): »Ten or eleven kilometres from Manali lies the cave close to the village of Jagadsukh and not far from the Mountaineering Institute.« The LONELY PLANET (1990: 212) places »Jagatsukh about … 6 km south of Manali.« NOTE 3: The »Prini« of TREKKER'S GUIDE (1978: 11) and LONELY PLANET (1990: 213; 1993: 284: »5 km from Manali«) lies on the road south to Naggar (Nagar, N32°06': E077°09'30”) and is marked Parini near N32°12'30": E077°11'30" on the Survey of India 1: 250,000 sheet 52-H (1973 edition) and on AMS sheet NI43-16 Palampur (U502 series, 1963 edition) at a spot about 2 km north-west of Banhara. Neither Parini nor Prini is listed on nima.mil/geonames (accessed 16.11.2003).

Documents

Bibliography 22/05/2016
  • Trekker's Guide 1978.

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
7.8RUNJH SUBSIDENCE, Rumsu?
9.6NAG KIRI, Nagar, Naggar (Cave of the)
12.1BEHESHT SPRING
13.3Hamta Glacier Cave
13.6HADIMBA DEVI, Manali (Cave of)
17.3VYAS RIVER PIT, Kothi
17.6MANIKARAN (Cave at)
18.0OLIGIST IRON MINE, Manikaran
24.1NAG WODAR, Ralha