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Location: About 12 km from Sultan Bathery, Wayanad district
Visiting Hours: 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.
Situated in the Ambukuthi Hills, 10 km from Sultan Bathery in northern Kerala,
the Edakkal caves are two natural rock formations. They are believed to have
been formed by a large split in a huge rock. Inside, one finds ancient stone
scripts, cave drawings and pictorial wall inscriptions of human and animal
figures with peculiar head dresses, the swastik forms and symbols.
Archaeologists consider these as one of the earliest centres of human
habitation. Similar straight line cave drawings (considered 7000 years old) have
been found only in Stiriya in the European Alps and a few rocky places in
Africa. The drawings at Edakkal depict the human figures, stars, wheels, bows,
knives, palm trees etc.
Getting there:
Nearest railway station: Kozhikode, about 97 km from Sulthan Bathery
Nearest airport: Karipur International Airport, Kozhikode about 23 km from
Kozhikode town.
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