Kotumsar Cave

According to Hindu mythology, caves are generally considered to be prominent religious locations.

Many pilgrims visit Kotumsar cave to worship at a big speleothem formation (stalagmite) in one of the chambers.

This practice was accordingly stopped by the authorities based on a report published by the National Cave research and Protection Organization, India.

The cave was first systematically mapped in the 1980s by Dr. Jayant Biswas (then a PhD scholar), guided by a Romanian caver.

The map was first published in Biswas's PhD dissertation in 1990, and in 1992 by him in the internationally recognized publication of the National Speleological Society [2].

In 2011 a small but highly panoramic chamber was discovered and explored by forest officials.

Kotumsar cave is situated in Kanger Valley National Park, which is around 35 km from the city of Jagdalpur, the district headquarters of Bastar, in the state of Chhattisgarh.