JATASHANKAR, Bijawar

(Bijawar Tahsil - IN)
24.528300,79.570000
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Description

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Not a cave (as the –>Jataskankar of Pachmarhi) but a sacred site where water issues from bedding planes and rift fissures in frequently layered quartzitic sandstone. SITUATION: At a travelling distance of about 15 km along the road approximately south-east of Bijawar town (N24°37'30-: E079°19'50-, Everest 1830, Survey of India sheet 54-P/07 edition 1977). CULTURAL HISTORY: The differentially weathered alternating layers of soft and hard sandstone layers are considered as the -Jatashankar- (dread locks of Shankar, the Hindu god Shiva as the creator) from where the holy river Ganga issues.

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Histoire

EXPLORATION HISTORY: Gebauer, H D 2000.12.30 Garmin 12. Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

Cavités proche

Distance (km)NomLongueur (m)Profondeur (m)
3.0BIJAWAR CAVE DWELLING (aa -)
10.1PONR KA DATA SHELTERS
10.1PUTLI KA DATA SHELTERS
18.6KUWA PAHAR, Bijawar
21.6BHARWANI CAVE
21.8RANIKHERA CAVE 1
21.8RANIKHERA CAVE 2
21.8RANIKHERA CAVE 3
21.8PUKHARIA CAVE