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Natural PlacesSite Name: Sidlaphadi
Country: India Type: Cave or Rock Shelter
Nearest Town: Badami
Latitude: 15.943734N Longitude: 75.701339E
Condition:

5	Perfect
4	Almost Perfect
3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0	No data.
-1	Completely destroyed

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

5	Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4	Short walk on a footpath
3	Requiring a bit more of a walk
2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0	No data.

3 Accuracy:

5	co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4	co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3	co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2	co-ordinates of the nearest village
1	co-ordinates of the nearest town
0	no data

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Rock Shelter in India

Sidlaphadi is a bridge like rock shelter where evidence of prehistoric occupation has been found by archaeologists. The prehistoric site has one big cave and three or four smaller caves. Sidlaphadi is about 6 kms from Badami town.
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