Belum Caves, Kurnool District | Andhrapradesh Tourist Places
In this article you can get all the detailed information about the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh. This Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is the second largest caves in India. Read the full article to know more about the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh.
About the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh
Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is one of the famous tourist spot in Andhra Pradesh. This Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is located at the Belum Village of Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. This Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh stands as the second largest caves in India. There are many more attractions are available in the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh such as spacious chambers, siphons, long passages and fresh water galleries etc. The depth of this Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is about 120 feet of long. The actual name of the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh was came from the Sanskrit word "Bilum". In the local language this Belum Caves is called as "Belum Guhalu". The length of Belum Caves is about 3229 meters of long. This Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh was discovered by Robert Bruce Foote who is a British surveyor in the year 1884. After that a team of German speleologists get the detailed information of Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh. After that the State Government of Andhra Pradesh declared this Belum Caves as protected. Andhra Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation (APTDC) declared this Belum Caves as one of the famous tourist place of Andhra Pradesh on February in the year 2002. Till now about 3.5 kms of the Belum Caves has been discovered successfully. But only 1.5 km of the Belum Caves has been opened for tourists.Historical Importance of Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh
This Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh has many Historical Importance such as this Belum Caves have many importance in geologically. The main ting of this Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is this caves are relateted with the religious of Jains and Buddhists. It is believed that Jains and Buddhists monks were lived in this caves in many years ago. There are also many clues were found in this Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh. These clues are now in Museum at Ananthapur. Hotels Near Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh
The hotels near Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh is Punnami Hotel which is situated very nearer the Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh. In that Punnami Hotel there are 32 bed rooms available. The cost of this hotel is very cheap. Only Rs 40.00 per person. There are also many famous hotels available near this Belum Caves of Andhra Pradesh.
