FUDAM ROCK CHAMBERS
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Description
An unfinished man-made 'cave temple' (rock-cut chambers used for religious purposes) without (surviving?) decorations, now (December 1998) used to stack straw. The three and a half interior chambers (about 4 m wide and 2 m high) in a row face each to a connecting gallery (12 m wide, 3 m "deep" and 2.4 m high) with a double-pillared gate facing south-south-east (165°). A substantial and 2 m high flowstone ridge (speleothem) attached to the wall of the north-eastern cell is probably datable. SITUATION: About 500 m in a direct line south-west of the church (Lady of Remedies) in Fudam village. CAVE LIFE: Mosquitos in the air, earth wasps' nests on the walls, ant-lion funnels in the dusty sand floor, and a discarded snake skin wedged in a fissure.
Histoire
EXPLORATION HISTORY: 1998.12.24: Gebauer, H D stumbled across and sketched.
Cavités proche
Distance (km) | Nom | Longueur (m) | Profondeur (m) |
---|---|---|---|
0.0 | PANIKHOTA TUNNEL | ||
0.5 | Gangeshwar Temple Cave | ||
1.2 | NAYASIMAR ROCK-CUT CAVES | ||
2.0 | SUNSET POINT SEA CAVE 1 | ||
2.1 | SUNSET POINT SEA CAVE 2 | ||
2.4 | SUNSET POINT CAVE | ||
2.5 | CHAKRATIRTH GUHA, Diu | ||
3.5 | JALLANDAR ARCH | ||
15.8 | NAIDA CAVES |