Relatively unknown Rock-cut Caves at Beed khurd in Khalapur, Raigad

21 September 2025, Version 1
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Abstract

The present article aims to study of the relatively unknown rock–cut cave structure at Beed (Bid) khurd village in Raigad District. When the author went on a trek to Gambhirnāth Cave in Borghāt with his friends, he and his team visited these caves after being informed by locals. It cannot be ruled out that some trekkers while wandering in this area may have visited this cave. Local people who call these as pāndav ghalai i.e. the cave of pāndavās. These rock cut caves are not known to the scholarly world except for the local people

Keywords

Beed khurd
Borghāt
Rock-cut Cave
Inscriptions
Rock Art

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