Borra Caves / Borra Guhalu : (One of the largest Cave in the India)
* These caves are about 90 km away from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, at the height of 1450 feet above the sea level in the Ananthagiri hill ranges of eastern ghats.
* These are the natural caves, said to have originated from the Gosthani river, which flows through these caves.
... * The opening of the cave measures upto 100m horizontally and 75 m
vertically. The cave is filled with stalagmite and stalactite
formations.
* Borra caves glitters and illuminates by the sixty three lamps of mercury, sodium vapor and halogen which make the interior of the caves colorful and spectacular.
* In 1807, these caves were discovered by William King George from the Geological Survey of India.
* This place holds the Religious values to as in the caves there is a Shiva lingam above which is an idol of a cow (Kamadhenu) and the river Gosthani springs from the udder of this cow.
* November and December are considered as the best time to visit these caves.
* Borra caves glitters and illuminates by the sixty three lamps of mercury, sodium vapor and halogen which make the interior of the caves colorful and spectacular.
* In 1807, these caves were discovered by William King George from the Geological Survey of India.
* This place holds the Religious values to as in the caves there is a Shiva lingam above which is an idol of a cow (Kamadhenu) and the river Gosthani springs from the udder of this cow.
* November and December are considered as the best time to visit these caves.
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