Robber's Cave, India

Robbers Cave

Not to be confused with Robbers Cave State Park in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Robbers Cave and River

Robber's Cave (locally known as Guchhupani) is a river cave formation located approximately 8 km from the centre of Dehradun City (Uttarakhand, India).

The cave is about 600 metres long, divided into two main parts. The cave has a highest fall of about 10 metres. In the central part there is a fort wall structure which is now broken.^[1] It consists of an extremely narrow gorge formed in a conglomerate limestone area on Doon Valley's Dehra plateau.^[2]

It is a natural cave formation where rivers flows inside the cave. The place is a popular tourist spot and is now being maintained by Uttarakhand State. Local bus services are available up to Anarwala Village, from where it is a kilometre's trek away.^[1]^[3]

References

1 2 Robber’s Cave (Guchhupani) Official website of Dehradun.
↑ Singh, Surendra (1995). Urbanization in Garhwal Himalaya: a geographical interpretation. M.D. Publications. p. 27. ISBN 81-85880-69-7.
↑ Robbers cave.

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Coordinates: 31°38′56″N 78°02′00″E / 31.64889°N 78.03333°E / 31.64889; 78.03333

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