TourismTourist places in Kalahandi Gudahandi Hills, Kalahandi Odisha by Kalahandi Info February 13, 2021 written by Kalahandi Info February 13, 2021 0 comment 709 views Share 1FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsappEmail The Gudahandi hills are situated in the vicinity of Khaligarh, a tiny villoage close to the Koraput District boarder, about 17.6 K.Ms North-East of Ampani. Ampani is 77 K.Ms from Bhawanipatna on the road towards Nawarangpur. In the Gudahandi hills are some ancient caves bearing pictographic paintings of remote antiquity, Khaligarh is a very out of the way place, the 17.6 K.Ms of Ampani being cart tracxt parts of which pass through dense forest.Three small hills, all of curved length, are together known as the Gudahandi hills. The North and the South hills join eachother in the East leaving a courtyard like vally in between which is open towards the West. This valley is paved by a huge block of stone slopping down to the East. Just at the foot of these hills facing the valley are rows of caves. Excepting one in the North, all the caves are small in size. Although at places hewed to shape by human hand they generally appear to have been formed bynature itself in red slate stone. Pictographic paintings in Red and Black colours appear at the entrances of some of caves in the Southern row. These have not yet been thoroughly studied but it is generally surmised that they bear approximately to the picture scripts of the Indus Valley Civilisation. Besides Gudahandi in Kalahandi District, Bikramkhol and Ulapgarh in Sambalpur District and Naraj in Cuttack District also possess some writings resembling pictographic paintings. a fact indicative of pre-historic man’s habitation in Orissa. The third hill extending North to South stands like a way to the immediate West of the Valley. But as this hill does not join with the other two, the valley is approachable from the North as well as from the South by a narrow pass. All the three hills taken together have the appearance of a pot with a lid on. The name Gudahandi, meaning a pot, for molasses, may have its origin in the impression its shape apprently conveys.A rivulet named Behera flows past the village. There are remains of a veryold dam across this revulet, local people call it the work of Bhima, the second of the Pandavas. Nearest Railway Station : JunagarhNearest Airport : Bhubaneswar, RaipurHow to Reach : Gudahandi HillsGudahandi Hills Kalahandi Odishakalahandi Tourism Share 1 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsappEmail Kalahandi Info previous post Phurlijharan Waterfall, Kalahandi Odisha next post Amathguda fort, Kalahandi Odisha You may also like Red Fort, Delhi India February 14, 2021 Amber fort, Amer Rajasthan India February 14, 2021 Ganges Holy River, India February 14, 2021 Ladakh, India February 14, 2021 Meenakshi Temple, Madurai Tamil Nadu, India February 14, 2021 Lotus Temple, New Delhi India February 14, 2021 Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai India February 14, 2021 Gurudwara Bangla Sahib, New Delhi India February 14, 2021 The City Palace, Udaipur India February 14, 2021 The Gateway of India , Mumbai India February 14, 2021 Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ