Cave research in India

Cave research, encompassing the study of speleology and biospeleology, is still in its infancy in India. Although there are thousands of caves in India, research expeditions occur in few states. The Siju Cave in Meghalaya is the first limelighted natural cave from India. Several studies were carried out in this cave in the early 20th century. The Kotumsar Cave in Central India is one of the most explored caves of India, and biologists have classified many types of cavernicoles, i.e. trogloxenes, troglophiles and troglobites, from this cave.

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  Belum Caves ⓘ
  caves and archaeological site in India

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  Cave research in India ⓘ
  

Frameless

Cave with two pillars

In the Kapilayi Cave

Ayyanmada cave

Ayyanmada cave

Parvati reserve

Ayyanmada cave

RICH ANCIENT

Ambadevi Rock Painting - Animal zoo

सुरूङ

Light passing

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
site	cave		Belum Caves	show cave	Wikidata
site	cave		Cave research in India	cave	Wikidata
commons	image		Cave with two pillars		Commons
commons	image		In the Kapilayi Cave		Commons
commons	image		Ayyanmada cave		Commons
commons	image		Ayyanmada cave		Commons
commons	image		Parvati reserve		Commons
commons	image		Ayyanmada cave		Commons
commons	image		RICH ANCIENT		Commons
commons	image		Ambadevi Rock Painting - Animal zoo		Commons
commons	image		सुरूङ		Commons
commons	image		Light passing		Commons