Featured: How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

How and why the ancients enchanted Great Britain and Brittany

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology £4.99+p&p

A Little History of Astro-Archaeology £4.99+p&p

Who's Online

There are currently, 469 guests and 2 members online.

You are a guest. To join in, please register for free by clicking here

Sponsors

<< Text Pages >> Edakkal Caves - Cave or Rock Shelter in India

Submitted by Andy B on Tuesday, 14 November 2006  Page Views: 5962

Natural PlacesSite Name: Edakkal Caves Alternative Name: Thovarymala
Country: India Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Sulthan Bathery  Nearest Village: Ambalavayal
Latitude: 11.664236N  Longitude: 76.262726E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
no data
Be the first person to rate this site - see the 'Contribute!' box in the right hand menu.

Internal Links:
External Links:

Cave in Kerala, India. Edakkal is a remotely located place in the Wayanad district of Kerala in India. The tallest mountain in the district named Ambukuthi mala is here. Three pre-historic caves (Edakkal Caves), dating from around 8,000 BC and after had been discovered here at a height of 1000 mts on Ambukuthi Mala.

You have to alight at Edakkal and do a 1 km trekking to reach these caves. One can see the new stone age pictorial writings on the walls of these natural caves (Cave murals).

Carvings on the walls of Edakkal Caves were created during different time periods. The oldest carvings date from the Neolithic Period. It was the British Officer stationed here, during a hunting expedition, came across these caves.

Web site with more information and photos at http://www.edakkal.com

IMPORTANT NOTE: The location given is for the nearby town of Sulthan Bathery. A more accurate long/lat would be appreciate.

Note: Neolithic rock carvings in remote Indian province facing neglect, see comment. This page features the nearby Edakkal caves which are also full of prehistoric rock art.
You may be viewing yesterday's version of this page. To see the most up to date information please register for a free account.


Do not use the above information on other web sites or publications without permission of the contributor.

Nearby Images from Flickr
Jaïn Temple in Sultan Bathery (Wayanad)
IMG_20190623_154038-01
IMG_20190623_200052_716
Southern India Tour
Southern India Tour
Southern India Tour

The above images may not be of the site on this page, but were taken nearby. They are loaded from Flickr so please click on them for image credits.


Click here to see more info for this site

Nearby sites

Click here to view sites on an interactive map of the area

Key: Red: member's photo, Blue: 3rd party photo, Yellow: other image, Green: no photo - please go there and take one, Grey: site destroyed

Download sites to:
KML (Google Earth)
GPX (GPS waypoints)
CSV (Garmin/Navman)
CSV (Excel)

To unlock full downloads you need to sign up as a Contributory Member. Otherwise downloads are limited to 50 sites.


Turn off the page maps and other distractions

Nearby sites listing. In the following links * = Image available
 462m ESE 116° Sulthan Bather Dolmen* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 17.8km NW 325° Kappikunnu Rock Art
 96.0km NNE 28° Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Srirangapatna)* Ancient Temple
 110.4km S 188° Cherumangadu Kudakkalparambu* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 118.3km SSE 164° Dayananda Ashram Ancient Village or Settlement
 135.0km N 10° Sravanabelagola* Ancient Temple
 149.4km ESE 114° Kodumanal Ancient Village or Settlement
 150.3km ENE 74° Male Mahadeshwara Hills* Stone Circle
 156.2km E 99° Shri Sangameshvara temple, Bhavani, Tamil Nadu* Ancient Temple
 166.0km S 183° Muziris Ancient Village or Settlement
 172.6km NNW 346° Kerareshwarah Temple* Ancient Temple
 174.7km N 350° Halebidu* Ancient Temple
 185.0km SSE 148° Marayoor Muniyaras* Barrow Cemetery
 195.9km SSE 167° Nedumala Caves Cave or Rock Shelter
 200.3km NE 48° Sri Pancha Lingaeshwara Temple* Ancient Temple
 200.8km NE 45° Gavi Gangadhareshwara Temple* Ancient Temple
 227.0km ENE 61° Moralepara Dolmens* Burial Chamber or Dolmen
 236.8km NNW 334° Kavishaila* Modern Stone Circle etc
 238.0km SSE 152° Thovalappady Cist
 254.9km NE 55° Tekel* Rock Art
 256.4km ENE 62° Kangundi* Rock Art
 257.1km SE 138° Puthurmalai Rock Art
 261.1km ENE 56° Ghatta Madamangala* Rock Art
 279.3km ESE 108° Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple (Tiruchirapalli)* Ancient Temple
 280.7km SE 134° Sri Meenakshi Devi temple* Ancient Temple
View more nearby sites and additional images

<< Tomb of the Genii

장전리 >>

Please add your thoughts on this site

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Cures and Curses, Ritual and cult at holy wells

Sponsors

Auto-Translation (Google)

Translate from English into:

"Edakkal Caves" | Login/Create an Account | 2 News and Comments
  
Go back to top of page    Comments are owned by the poster. We aren't responsible for their content.
Re: Neolithic rock carvings facing neglect by Anonymous on Tuesday, 09 September 2008
very pictorious location, there was another cave just like that but nobody bothered to go there because it is not discovered and by many
[ Reply to This ]

Neolithic rock carvings facing neglect by Anonymous on Tuesday, 14 November 2006
Ancient rock carvings inside a hill-top cave near here, believed to date back to the neolithic period, are facing ruin for want of proper attention by the government and academic bodies.

The rare historic treasure at Thovarymala near here, throwing light into human habitation in the Wayanad area since ancient times, is yet to receive the protection of agencies like Archaelogy Department, which preserves the Edakkal caves just five km away.

The carvings, found on the upperside of the cave, depict circular and squarish figures, and one carving closely resembles a bird.

More: Kerala News
[ Reply to This ]

Your Name: Anonymous [ Register Now ]
Subject:


Add your comment or contribution to this page. Spam or offensive posts are deleted immediately, don't even bother

<<< What is five plus one as a number? (Please type the answer to this question in the little box on the left)
You can also embed videos and other things. For Youtube please copy and paste the 'embed code'.
For Google Street View please include Street View in the text.
Create a web link like this: <a href="https://www.megalithic.co.uk">This is a link</a>  

Allowed HTML is:
<p> <b> <i> <a> <img> <em> <br> <strong> <blockquote> <tt> <li> <ol> <ul> <object> <param> <embed> <iframe>

We would like to know more about this location. Please feel free to add a brief description and any relevant information in your own language.
Wir möchten mehr über diese Stätte erfahren. Bitte zögern Sie nicht, eine kurze Beschreibung und relevante Informationen in Deutsch hinzuzufügen.
Nous aimerions en savoir encore un peu sur les lieux. S'il vous plaît n'hesitez pas à ajouter une courte description et tous les renseignements pertinents dans votre propre langue.
Quisieramos informarnos un poco más de las lugares. No dude en añadir una breve descripción y otros datos relevantes en su propio idioma.