Belum Caves
The longest cave system open to visitors in India at three and a half kilometres, cut by an underground river.
- Where
- Belum, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Grade
- State heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 15.1023, 78.1115
Get the Belum Caves stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Belum Caves. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume with your photos and a note.
Near Belum Caves
Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple 23 km
A Vijayanagara temple at Tadipatri where the linga stands below the river's water table.
Chintala Venkataramana Temple 24 km
A Vijayanagara temple at Tadipatri with a stone chariot and carving that repays a whole morning.
Yaganti Temple 28 km
The Nandi that is said to be growing.
Gandikota 37 km
A fort on a gorge where the Penna river has cut three hundred metres into quartzite, called the Grand Canyon of India.
Gooty Fort 50 km
A ruined fort on a rock above Gooty, also called Ravadurg.
Ahobilam 61 km
Nine Narasimha shrines up a forested hill.
Mahanandi 65 km
Spring water so clear the coin at the bottom is legible.
Konda Reddy Fort 82 km
A gate tower in the middle of a working city.
More state heritage sites in Andhra Pradesh
Questions
Where is Belum Caves?
Belum Caves is in Belum, Andhra Pradesh. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Bugga Ramalingeswara Temple (23 km), Chintala Venkataramana Temple (24 km), Yaganti Temple (28 km).
How do I get the Belum Caves stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Belum Caves and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Andhra Pradesh volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Belum Caves before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Andhra Pradesh volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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