14Km from #Gangolihat #Pithoragarh there is a village #Bhuvneshwar where this ancient #Cave #Temple #Patal_Bhuvneshwar is located. This is the most amazing place in Hills of #Kumaon Region in #Uttarakhand

This is not a single cave but a series of caves, main cave is 160m long

and is 90 feet deep from the point of entrance, there is a 1 Km long cave inside the main cave, idols are naturally made of limestone. Images of #Ganesha #Sheshnag #Shivling are distinctly visible
There are four entrances to cave #Randwar #Paapdwar #Dharmdwar and #Mokshdwar

It is said #Paapdwar was shut after the death of #Ravana and #Randwar was closed after #Mahabharata, presently #Dharmdwar & #Mokshdwarout are functional. It is said that #Pandvaas meditated here during their final journey after #Mahabharata

This cave was hidden to mankind...

for many years until Adi #Shankaracharya during his journey to #Himalaya visited & found this cave.
#SkandaPuran says about #Patal_Bhuvneshwar one who wants to feel the presence of a strong divine power should visit this cave on confluences of #GuptGanga #RamGanga & #Saryu rivers

Visit of #PatalBhuvneshwar is adventurous, one have to climb down the narrow way 90 feet with help of iron chains, there are naturally made images of #Shiva #Parvati #Ganesha #Sheshnag #Badrinath #Kedarnath #Amarnath
Cave has been taken in 2007 by the Indian Archeology Department

It is said once Lord #Shiva in anger separated the head of #Ganesha from body , later on the saying #Parvati Lord Ganesha was placed in the head of the elephant, but the head which was separated from the body is believed to be The head is kept by in the #PatalBhuvaneswar cave.

Will continue more on this @Lisha_Indian @rightwingchora @LostTemple7 @desi_thug1 @AjayPandey__

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