📍 Cave📍 Nature

Borra Caves

Andhra Pradesh, India

4.3 (0)

Overview

A cathedral of limestone a million years in the making — one of India's largest cave systems, its 705-m chambers hung with stalactite chandeliers and lit in colour around a naturally formed shivling that still draws worshippers deep underground.

Why visit: Walk a million years underground on the Araku road.

History: Recorded by geologist William King in 1807; tribal legend says a cowherd's lost cow revealed the caverns, and the stone lingam within made them sacred.

Things to do

›Descend the lit walkways through the great chambers
›See the shivling and 'Kamadhenu' formations
›Photograph the sunbeam shafts near the entrance (midday)
›Combine with the Araku valley train-and-jeep day

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Travel Information

Best time

Nov–Feb

Entry fee

₹60 (₹100 camera)

Hours

10 am–5 pm

Est. budget

₹200–500

Duration

2–3 hrs

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