BELUM GUHALU NATURAL CAVES OF CALCIUM ROCKS

During one of my visits to Puttaparthi, From Puttaparthi I took  a bus to Anantha pur and then to Tadipati.  From Tadipatri I took bus to Nandyala and on the way after crossing Kolimigundla, I reached Belum guhalu.  This is a request stop and will stop only if the passengers are there.  Since the AP Tourism is developing the caves as a tourist attraction bus, will certainly stop (even the express busses )  but, we have to ensure that the conductor is aware of your destination.  The caves are open in the morning about 10 am and toursits are taken inside as a group b a guide of APTDC.  In the afternoon if enough no. of tourists (say 20 people) are there then again the 2nd batch is taken inside.  Some days second batch may not e there.  It takes about 2 hours to see the place.
Inside the caves you see the calcium containg rocks are dissovled in rain waters and formed hanging structures as though some sculpture has made it . 1000 hanging linga strcture is one beautiful signt.  About 150 fet deep under the land area  thes things are located.  2 kms length we have covered under the ground

  Fascinating.  To enter the cave there is a very big well ( bhavi type structure ) and you go down 20 meters deep insdie by stair case.  At this depth the cave is levelled and the path appears plain inside. The caves are formed because of the ore of calcium stalactites have been dissolved by rainy water passing through underground channels.  Stalactites  give metallicsound as you hit with wooden stick of  or by hand so the musical chamber is formed at one of the sites.  The dripping water makes the hanging shivalinga structures and is knonw as sahasra linga corner.  It appears some buddist monks stayed here for meditation purposes. In USa Luray Caves are also made of similar stalactite  calcium stones. The photo below is not taken in Belum caves however it looks similar. The bottom photo is from a  similar stalactite cave in USA.