Edakkal caves lies 12km from SulthanBathery Two caves are located
at a height of 1000 m on Ambukutty Mala near Ambalavayal.The New Stone
Age pictorical writings on the walls of these natural caves at Edakkal
are evidence of the civilisation that existed in these regions in
prehistorical times. The caves can be accessed only by a 1 km trekking
trial from Edakkal.Morning hours are the best time to visit the caves.Entry
is permitted only up to 1700 hrs.
“Edakkal” literally means “a stone in between”,
and this describes how the cave is formed by a heavy boulder straddling
a fissure in the rock. Inside the cave is on two levels, the lower
chamber measures about 18 feet long by 12 feet wide and 10 feet high
and can be entered through an opening of 5 x 4 feet .'Edakkal Caves'at
Ambukuthy near Ambalavayal is belived to be the abode of Neolithic
man. The Edakkal cave site is on an ancient route connecting the high
rangs of Mysore to the ports of Malabar. A passage opposite the entrance
leads upward to a small aperture in the roof through which one climbs
up to the next storey whose interior is about 96 feet long, 22 feet
wide, and 18 feet high. Light enters the cave through a big gap at
the right-hand corner of the roof where the boulder does not touch
the facing wall.
The writings and carving on the walls of Edakkal rocks are very rare
and historians testify that it is the only one in its kind in all
south india where there was the presence of stone age man.
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