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Mystical, allusive and magnificent; hidden inside the forests and valleys of India are ancient caves that are like buried treasure in this vast country, still unexplored and mysterious. Most of the natural caves in India are Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cave temples.
Caves which extend further underground than the opening is wide are called endogene caves. [3] [4] Speleology is the science of exploration and study of all aspects of caves and the cave environment. Visiting or exploring caves for recreation may be called caving, potholing, or spelunking .
The State Department of Archaeology was started in the year 1961 with the objectives of conservation and preservation of ancient monuments in Tamil Nadu, to conduct excavations at historical sites.
On recommendation of the State Department of Archaeology, the Central Advisory Board of Archaeology [CABA] had permitted Tamil Nadu State Department of Archaeology to conduct excavations at Keeladi, Sivagangai District during the years 2017-2018, 2018-2019 ,2019-2020 and 2020-2021.
Jun 26, 2019 · These include Siju, Mawmluh, Mawsynram, and Liat Prah (the longest cave in India). The world's longest sandstone cave, Krem Puri, was also recently discovered and mapped in Meghalaya. Meghalaya Tourism has a list of caves in the state.
Apr 28, 2024 · Cave, natural opening in the earth large enough for human exploration. Such a cavity is formed in many types of rock and by many processes. The largest and most common caves are those formed by chemical reaction between circulating groundwater and bedrock composed of limestone or dolomite.
Karpaga Vinayagar koil is one of the oldest Cave Temples (Rock Cut) temples of Tamilnadu and situated at Pillayarpatti, which is between Pudukkottai and Karaikkudi. The nearest airport is at Tiruchirappalli, Chennai.
1 day ago · The annual Amarnath Yatra began on Saturday as the first batch of pilgrims left the twin base camps in Baltal and Nunwan to start their journey to the 3880-metre-high cave shrine in the south Kashmir Himalayas, officials said. The yatra started early morning from the twin tracks — the traditional ...
On the western slope of the hill a small cave temple is chiseled out during the same early pandya period and now at present this temple is named as Asthagiriswarar.
6 days ago · Cave lions lived in what is now Italy around 660,000 to 610,000 years ago. This is confirmed by a metatarsal bone from the Notarchirico site near Venosa in the Basilicata region, which was ...
