DescriptionAncient Cave Paintings at Lakhudiyar, Almora District, Uttarakhand India - 4.jpeg
Barechhina is a village in Almora district, Uttarakhand, 18 km from the district headquarters, the city of Almora. .[1] It lies on highway from Almora-Barechhina-Dhaulchina-Sheraghat-RaiAgar-Berinag-Chaukori-Thai-Tejam to Munsiyari.
It is noted for its two prehistoric painted rock-shelters, at 'Lakhudiyar', literally 'one lakh caves'[2], on the banks of Suyal river. These rock-shelters have paintings of animals and humans in addition to tectiforms done with fingers in black, red and white colours[3][4] and engravings of trishul and Swastika.[5] These images have now become a tourist attraction.[6]
REFERENCES
(1) Barechhina Archived 7 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
(2) Lakhudiyar Archived 13 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Almora city, Official website.
(3) Visual Arts of Uttaranchal, India Shekhar Chandra Joshi, Faculty of Visual Arts & Design, Kumaun University (Nainital).
(4) Uttarakhand Arts
(5) Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya = Colour Plate - 54 A, 54 B[permanent dead link] Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya, by Mathpal, Yashodhar. (New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts,Aryan Books International, 1995. ISBN81-7305-057-0.
(6) Places of Interest around Almora www.magical-india.com.
FURTHER READING
Rock art in Kumaon Himalaya, by Mathpal, Yashodhar. New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts, Aryan Books International, 1995. ISBN81-7305-057-0.
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