Kotumsar Cave
Kotumsar Cave is a limestone cave located near Jagdalpur in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is situated on the Kanger limestone belt close to the bank of the Kanger River and lies within Kanger Valley National Park. The cave contains a main tunnel of approximately 200 metres with several lateral and downward passages. It is the longest cave present in Indian subcontinent.
Details
- Access
- Public (closed to visitors during monsoon season; typically from 15th June to 31st October)
- Border
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- Entrance Gate of Kotumsar Cave.jpg
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- Kanger valley2.JPG
- Length
- ~200 m (main tunnel)
- Perrow
- 1/1
- Geology
- Limestone (Kanger limestone belt)
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- Entrance Gate of Cave
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- Tourists inside Cave
- Location
- Kanger Valley National Park, near Jagdalpur, Bastar district, Chhattisgarh, India
- Discovery
- Known since the British period; systematically surveyed in the 1980s
- Other Name
- Kutumbsar CaveGopansar Cave कुटुमसर गुफाकोटमसर गुफा
- Total Width
- 270